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JANUARY, 1982
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Thought-activity and Spiritual Stages (gunasthānas) of Soul
A worldly soul can have the following five different kinds of thought-activities : 1. Subsidential (aupašamika) arising from the subsidence (upatama)
of deluding karma. 2. Destructional (kşayika) arising from the shedding of destructive
karmas. Destructional-subsidential (kşyayopošamika) arising from the partial shedding, partial subsidence and partial operation of destructive karmas. Operative (audayika) arising from the operation of karmas.
ntrinsic or natural (parināmika) which are the characteristic thought-activities (bhāva) of a soul. These are not caused by karma. Development of such thought-activity by a worldly
soul leads to self-modification. There are fourteen spiritual stages (gunasthānas) which are distinguished by the kinds of thought-activities of the soul. These spiritual stages and the corresponding thought-activities are shown in the following table :
No.
Spiritual Stages
Thought-activities
Operative
1. Deluded or irrational (mithyātva) 2. Indifferent, neither rational nor ir
rational (sāsādana) 3. Mixed, partially rational (miśra) 4. Vowless rational (avirata samyaktva)
Natural or intrinsic Destructional-subsidential Subsidential, Destructional, Destructional-subsidential Destructional-subsidential Destructional-subsidential Destructional-subsidential Subsidential
5. Partial vow (desavirata) 6. Imperfect vow (pramattavirata) 7. Perfect vow (apramattavirata) 8. New thought activity (apūrvakaraña) 9. Advanced thought activity (anivýtti
karana) 10. Slight delusion (sukşmasamparāya) 11. Subsided delusion (upšāntamoha) 12. Delusionless (kšiņamoha) 13. Active omniscient conqueror (sayoga
keyali jina) 14. Inactive omniscient (ayoga kevall)
Subsidential, Destructional Subsidential, Destructional Subsidential, Destructional Subsidential, Destructional
Destructional Destructional
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