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etc.) and nine quasi-passions (laughter, etc.); the quasi-passions co-exist with and strengthen the passions; these passions and quasi-passions delude the wholesome conduct. In the ninth and tenth stages, the suppresser continues the act of suppressing the conduct-deluding karma, while the destroyer continues the act of destroying the same. When they are about to complete their respective processes, their paths branch off and take different directions. The stage the suppresser moves towards and reaches is the eleventh one called upaśāntamoha (the stage of total subsidence of deluding karma). And the stage the destroyer moves towards and reaches is the twelfth one called ksinamoha (the stage of total destruction of deluding karma). He who has totally destroyed the deluding karma neither falters nor falls down, but without fail attains the final goal, that is, liberation. The nature of suppression being what it is, he who has totally suppressed the deluding karma invariably falls down on its rise. While falling if he controls himself and becomes steady at some proper stage and employs his irrepressible spiritual energy for ascending the ladderof-destruction leading to perfection, then he attains omniscience in that very birth. Otherwise, that is, if his spiritual lethargy increases, then he 'vomits' even samyaktva and falls back on the first stage called mithyātva.
Of the eight karmas, the four which obscure the natural qualities of soul are destroyed simultaneously. And the remaining four karmas, which do not obscure the natural qualities of soul are also destroyed simultaneously. But the former group is destroyed first and the latter one is destroyed afterwards. The results of the destruction of each of the eight karmas is mentioned below.
The result of the destruction of knowledge-covering karma is infinite knowledge, that of the destruction of darśana-covering karma is infinite darśana (vision or general cognition), and that of the destruction of feeling-producing karma is infinite bliss. Of the two divisions of deluding karma, viz., karma-that-deludes-the-predilection-for-truth and conduct-deluding karma, the destruction of the former results in perfect love of truth and that of the latter in perfect conduct. The result of the destruction of life-span-determining karma is everlasting life. The joint result of the destruction of personality-determining (i.e., body-making) karma and statusdetermining karma is occupation of the same space by the non-physical infinite souls. And the result of the destruction of the obstructive karma is infinite energy.
The essence of all this exposition is that the attainment of the spiritual
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