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the motives and antecedents of anger, folly, birth and death, who have attained to complete knowledge of the self, who roam on this earth being endowed with the spiritual gift of Kevala Jnana ( omniscience) and Kevala Darshana (Perfect Faith) etc., and who are always above the joys and sorrows of this world.
2. To reflect repeatedly on the form of Siddha-Pada, (salvation) to think how a certain soul has attained to this position, to try to concentrate the mind on the same spiritual subjects, and to meditate in the similar manner, to keep its good qualities before the mind and to make continuous efforts to adopt them to purify the faculty of speech by uttering its good name and to draw inspiration by worshipping it. Sidhapada is the position of soul, after it has gained complete knowledge of self and attained salvation consequently.
3. Pravachana Pada. To have a firm belief and staunch faith in the scriptures and Dvadashanga that is Anga Shastra which are twelve in number.
4. Acharya Pada. To worship and pay obeisance to the ideal Acharyas (Preceptors) who not only perform righteous, benevolent and charitable deed themselves but are also given heart and soul to make others righteous, benevolent and good, who are always active in promoting the cause of Truth, Religion, and Mercy, and who guide people on the path of self-realisation which they themselves follow in practice. 5. Sthavira-Pada. To worship and pay obeisance as well as celebrate the good qualities of Sthaviras that is monks who have led a consecrated life at least for twenty years, who have learnt all the secrets of the Sutras, namely Sthananga and Samavayanga or who have attained the age of sixty years or so.
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