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4. Archana. Worshipping him.
5. Pranama. Bowing to him. 6-8. Vâk-kaya-manah-suddhi. Being pure in speech, body and mind.
9. Esaná śuddhi. Faultless way of giving food. II. The thing given must be helpful in study and austerities, III. The person who gives must have seven qualities. 1. Aihika-phalânapekṣā. Must not wish any gain in this world in its
exchange. 2. Ksânti. Must give calmly without anger. 3. Mudita. Must be happy at giving. 4. Mișkapatata. Without deceit. 5. Anasuyatva. Without envy. 6. Avisadatva. Without repentence; and
7. Nirahamkâratve. Without pride. IV. The person to whom it is given must be one of the three kinds :
1. Uttama pâtra. Ascetics; 2. Madhyama pátra. Laymen with vow's,
3. Jaghanya pátra Laymen with right belief, but not with vows. These three with right belief are called Supâtrá, good donees; and those who are with proper external conduct, but without real right belief are Kupátras, improper donees. Unworthy donees Apâtras are those who have neither proper external conduct, nor real right belief. There is no merit in giving them anything.
There is also a Karuna-dâna or gift out of compassion for any Jaina or non-Jaina, human or sub-human being, who is in need of it. This Charity is of four kinds :
1. Ahâra. Food, 2. Auşadhi. Medicine. 3. Abhaya. Re-assuring the frightened, or removing their cause of fear. 4. Vidya, Knowledge.
The 14 Stages The 14 Spiritual Stages are:
1. Mithyátva. Wrong belief, Delusion, The thought-activity of the soul due to the operation of the right-belief-deluding karmas. In this, the soul does not believe in the right path to Liberation. From the first, i.e. this Guņasthâna, the soul goes to the fourth Guņasthâna always.
2. Sásådana. Downfall. When there is operation, in the fourth stage of one of the four Anantânubandhi kaşayas (error-feeding passions), the soul falls down to the first stage through the second, and the thought-activity in the passage through is called Sâsâdana.
3. Miśra. Mixed, Operation of Samyak-mithyátva-mohaniya karmas or Miśra Mohaniya, Belief in right and wrong at one and the same time. This is reached always on falling down from the fourth stage.
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