Jainism Eternal and Universal Path for Enlightenment

Author(s): Narendra Bhandari
Publisher: Research Institute of Scientific Secrets from Indian Oriental Scriptures Ahmedabad

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Jainism : The Eternal and Universal path for Enlightenment
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pleasures although he does not observe total ahimsa, i.e. injury to moving and non moving jivas. He does not refrain from the 12 kinds of abstinence. As long as this being follows non-abstinence on account of fruition of Apraty: khy navaran passion, pride, deceit or greed, he stays in this 4th stage.
5.Deshvirat (Observance of non-violence)
The aspirant in the fourth stage further develops the purity of soul by abstaining from killing or injuring moving creatures but he does not abstain from killing or injuring non-moving creatures (e.g.vegetables) attains the fifth stage. As the Apraty: khy i navaran passion is eliminated, the experience of true nature of soul becomes more frequent than in the fourth stage. The soul develops tranquility and higher degree of peace and he becomes indifferent towards non-self entities and develops merits of Deshvirat. This is also called Vratavirat or Sanyatasanyat Guasth in, for internally he follows real abstinence of the Sanyamasanyam stage and follows various A a uvrats.
6. Pramatta Sanyat (Right conduct)
The sentient aspirant eliminates twelve passions and attains samyak Charitra i.e. conducts himself perfectly. This is called the sixth stage of Pramatta Sanyat Gu dasth n. Still in this stage, there exists Sanjwalan passion with usual force and unthoughtful behaviour
Usually a seeker lives like a sidhu in this stage and follows the twenty-eight primary and their associated rules. These include five mah?vrats, five samities, six Essentials, five sense controls, uprooting of hair, non-bathing, sleeping on ground etc. Although the internal purity is retained and observed, the feelings of attachment stays in some form.
A person can be involved in unthoughtful behaviour (charitra) in many ways; eighty such behaviours are mentioned in the scriptures but the main fifteen unthoughtful behaviours amongst them are unhealthy narration of women, food, nation and guru, four passions of anger, pride, deceit and greed, behaviour of five senses, sleep and love. Though such a behaviour attract impurities, it does not destroy the abstinence acquired for attaining the sixth Guoasth'n.
Process of thoughts with necessary purity of operation is essential in the sixth stage, while the seventh Gu asth -n is spontaneously attained without the process of thinking. As such the seeker may remain in that stage for very long time oscillating