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Q.IX.46.6 A.IX.46.6
Q.IX.46.7
A.IX.46.7
Q.IX.46.8
A.IX.46.8
Q.IX.46.9
A.IX.46.9
Q.IX.47.1
A.IX.47.1
Q.IX.47.2
A.IX.47.2
Who are kas yau la?
The ascetics who have conquered the first three levels of passions but not the fourth (gleaming / subtle) level of passions yet are called kas yau la.
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Q.IX.47.3 A.IX.47.3
What is meant by 'the unbound'?
The passionless ascetic, who has rising karmas like the line drawn in the water, i.e. the passions are extremely week and are soon going to disappear, is called nirgramtha.
What is meant by 'successful'?
The omniscient, which has destroyed the four obscuring karmas completely are called 'successful'.
Why are all these five kinds of ascetics also called passionless (nirgramtha)?
The five types of ascetics are with right belief and are free from all possessions. However they are classified differently due to different levels of the practice of vows. Being free from possessions and with right belief, they are also collectively called as passionless.
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lae] Jr] ifrl Duk] rhfk fyx] ys; k] mi ikn vk LFkku ds Hk Is bu fux Fkka dk 0; k[; ku djuk pkfg, A
They are fit to be described (differentiated) on the basis of differences in self-restraint, scriptural knowledge, transgression, the period of ford-maker, the sign, thought-colouration, birth by descent and the state or condition.
What are special classifications on the basis of which the ascetics can be further distinguished / differentiated?
Each of the five types of ascetics (aphorism 46) can be further sub classified in seven sub categories namely self-restraint, scriptural knowledge, transgression, the period of the fordmaker (t rtha), the sign (limga), the thought-colouration (le y ), birth by descent (upap da) and the state/condition (sth na).
What type of self-restraint is practiced by husk, the tainted and the 'imperfect or with unwholesome disposition' ascetics?
These kinds of saints dwell in the first two types of conduct i.e. equanimity (s m yika) and re-initiating (chedopasth n).
What type of self-restraint is practiced by kaş ya ku hascetics? These kinds of ascetics dwell in the first four types of conduct namely: equanimity (s m yika), re-initiating (chedopasth n ya), purity of non injury (parih ravi uddhi) and subtle passion (sūkṣma sāmparāya).
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