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Chapters on Passions
(iv)
There is only one transition when the Karma of wrongness is destroyed and the right-faithed Jiva has all the three species in existence. When there is the existence of two species of faithdeluding Karma out of the three, the Jiva may have one, two or no transition.
(v)
Where there is the existence of only one species of either wrongness or righteousness, there is no possibility of transition.
Jayadhavală commentary has given 12 points in this case.
107-8. The word 'Pravacana' means sacred, superior or excellent
exposition'. This can be given by the omniscients only. The terms 'teachings of the omniscients', 'supreme sacred books and 'sacred doctrines' are synonyms of this term. Besides them, there cannot be any other better teachings from others.
110.
The human beings in the land of enjoyment or non-action have no capacity to undertake this process. The living beings of other destinities also do not have this capacity. Secondly, only that human being born in 15 lands of action is capable of undertaking this process, who develops this capacity by sitting beside the Jinas, omniscients and scripture omniscients leading to the purification of volitions in tune with the process. This could happen only in the third or fourth spoke of plentitude-cum-penury or penury-cum-plentitude of the Jaina time cycle. The completion of this destruction process could be due to untimely death of the undertaker and his birth in any of the destinities. There are some exceptions. This process can not
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