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that the path of spiritual emancipation goes through the rightbelief, the right-knowledge and the right-conduct. That the belief in the fundamentals, as stated by the Lords Prophets, is the rightbelief; the knowledge of these fundamentals is the rightknowledge and a conduct in accordance with the right-belief and the right-knowledge is the right conduct. However, due to the rise of the conduct deluding (Cāritramohanīya) karma and renunciation prohibiting passions (Apratyākhyāna Kasāya) it cannot restrain itself according to the dictates of the right-conduct how-so-ever much he desires to do so. The duration of various ingredients of this virtue-station are as follows: - A. Right-belief -
a. Minimum - Less than a Muhurta, b. Maximum - i. Destructional – For ever,
ii Destructo-subsidential - 66 Sāgaropama. B. This Gunasthāna –
a. Minimum – Less than a Muhurta,
b. Maximum -- Somewhat more than 33 Sāgaropama. · This duration holds good only if the subject soul stays in this virtue-station only throughout. If it accepts restraint in the mean while, it can proceed further on the scale of spiritual virtues. 5. Part-Renounced Stage (Deśavirat Gunasthāna) –
This is the fifth spiritual stage, attainable by a soul on the ascendant as well as on the descendant. This virtue-station is attained by a soul that has achieved the partial destruction or destruction cum subsidence of the conduct-deluding karma as well as the complete renunciation obscuring passions (Pratyākhyā nā-varaṇa Kaşāya). Still the complete restraint is hindered and the subject is able to adopt only partial restraints or the vows of the lay follower. Here, too, it must be understood that amongst such souls also there are some who observe all the twelve vows
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