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Naturalness and Propriety of Order-Krama
Persons endowed with an inner vision have, attainment of cquanimity as the very aim of their life. In each activity therefore of such a person equanimity is visible. When persons endowed with inner vision view some others on the top of perfection of equanimity, they start eulogizing their basic virtues. They thus do not forget to salute saintly personalities who are endowed with equanimity. There is very great healthy alertness- absence of infatuation in the life of persons endowed with this inner vision. The result is that even though once in a way they might swere from equanimity because of the psychic effects of the passions of previous births or bad contacts, they regain their original state by Pratikramana because of lack of infatuation; sometimes they even advance further.
Essence of Jainism
Only meditation is precisely the key to the development of spiritual life. The person therefore, endowed with inner vision very often resorts to the Kayotsarga of meditation. They acquire purity of mind and consciousness by meditation and get all the more engrossed in the Atma. The renunciation therefore of gross objects also becomes a very natural activity for them.
It can thus be clearly understood that the analytical study of the lofty and natural life of spiritual personalities is the very basis of the order and stages of the Avas yaka kriya.
Spiritualism and Avasyaka kriya
Spiritual activity is only that which is undertaken with reference to the development of Atma. The purpose of this is again purification by stages of the virtues like rightness, consciousness, conduct etc.; when examined by this test, it is decisively proved that all the six Avaśyakas are spiritual. This is because the reward of Samāyika is prevention of all sinful activity; it becomes instrumental in the development of Atma through the Nirjara of Karma. The purpose of Caturvimśatistava is enrichment of attachment of virtues and acquirement of virtues thereby, but
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