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resulting from self-absorption and observance of the five vows; (2) Chedopasthāpana is recovery of equanimity of conduct after repenting for lapses arising out of negligence and inadvertance; (3) Parihāra-visuddhi is purity obtained from noninjury to living beings; (4) Sūkşma-sāmparāya is conduct free from all passions except that of greed; (5) Yathākhvāta is conduct which is free from all passions which have been subdued. It is present in , beings who are in the 11th to 14th stages of development.15
It is clear from what has been stated above that stoppage results when there is spiritual development from various points. It is the activities and passions that lead to transmigration. Their cessation naturally leads to psychic stoppage or Bhāvāśrava. A check on activities and conquest over passions stop the influx of Karmic matter, that is, results in Dravya-samvara.
- The root-cause of all evil is wrong belief and the rise of passions which lead to endless mundane existence, and lack of self-restraint. They hinder higher stages of spiritual development. Stoppage is brought about by control of the activities of body, mind and specch. One ought to regulate oneself in normal activities like walking, eating, sitting and sleeping so as to avoid injury to minute organisms. A regular and meticulous practice of the ten virtues or duties awakens the inner consciousness of purity of thought and action. The various types of reflections discussed above are helpful in cultivating mental and spiritual qualities of the highest order. They open the vast vistas of real knowledge about the self and the transitory nature of the material world. They
our delusions and free us from attachments of all kinds, personal and material. Contemplation over the miseries of mundane existence enables us to distinguish the real from the unreal. In this transient world, the ten virtues alone stand out as our reat guides and philosophers. To reflect on the self as separate from the body convinces us that the latter is only a receptacle of impurities. Constant devotion to religion and the practice of rules enjoined by it can create a barricade against the new Karmas.
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