Book Title: ISJS Jainism Study Notes E5 Vol 02
Author(s): International School for Jain Studies
Publisher: International School for Jain Studies
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and turns away from acquisitions, association and life-injuring activities. 61 Thus from the life of Muni, 'vice totally vanishes and there remains virtue which will also be transcended as soon as the flight into the realm of spirit is made. Since in this stage complete meditational self-submergence is lacking, though there is complete self-restraint (Saṁyama), this stage is styled Pramattavirata-gunasthāna, i.e. here Pramāda exists with self-restraint. 62 Nevertheless this stage may be regarded as the terminus of purgative way. It may be noted here that the self in the fifth gunasthāna and onwards is called Caritrī,63
5. Illumination of
Apramatta Virata Apurvakarana Anivrttikarana, Sukşmasamprāya, Upaśāntakasāya and Ksinankasāya Gunasthāna
These gunasthānas from the seventh to the twelfth are the meditational stages or the stages of illumination and ecstasy. In other words, these are the stages of Kānta and Prabhadrstis. 64 It is to be noted here that the self oscillates between the sixth and the seventh gunasthānas thousands of times and when it attains steadiness, it strenuously prepares itself either for suppressing or for annihilating the conduct-deluding Karmas.65 This oscillation is the result of the struggle between Pramāda and Apramāda. By the time the aspirant reaches the seventh gunasthāna, he has developed a power of spiritual attention, of selfmerging and of gazing into the ground of the soul. It is through the aid of deep meditation that the mystic now pursues the higher path. In consequence, he arrives at the eighth and the ninth stages known as the Anivrttikarana and the Anivịttikarana-gunasthāna, where exists the state of profound purity. In the tenth gunasthāna known as Sūkşma-samparāya there is only subtle greed that can disturb the soul.66 The soul suppresses even this subtle
* Satkharidāgama of Puspadanta and Bhūtabali, Vol. 1, PP. 175, 176, (Jaina Sanskrti, Sanraksaka Sangha Sholapur) 62 Yogabindu, 352 63 Yogadrstisamuccaya, 162, 170 64 Labdhisāra (commentary), 205, 217 6s Gommaţtasara Jivakānda, 50, 57
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