Introduction to Jainism

Author(s): A B Latthe
Publisher: Natha Rangaji

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An Account of
On the next step, the passions become very weak and so it is called the Sookshma - Sanραναμα.
On the eleventh, the passions are passified. But from here a descent to the sixth step is possible.
The first three classes of Karmas have to be totally destroyed in order to reach the twelvth step. The first two parts of pure contemplation are present here. Any explanation of the Jain Yoga would carry us beyond the scope of the lecture and so the point has to be rather dropped in obscurity here.
This concentrated contemplation carries the soul up to the thirteenth Step, where eternal wisdom, illimitable insight, everlasting happiness and unbounded prowess bless the soul. When this absolute knowledge is acquired, Kuber and other heavenly beings raise the Samavasarana where the twleve conférences meet to hear eternal wisdom from the Kevalin. After prayers are offered, the Keralin goes ab