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conation, [b] sajogi because of activities or dynamism and (c) Jina because he is devoid of destructive karma whose ignorantial darkness has been totally destroyed due to the rays of the sun of omniscience and who has been designated as supreme soul because of the manifestation of nine absolute prodigies of: destructional donation, gain, enjoyment of consumables and nonconsuimables, infinite potency, righteousness, omniscience, conation and conduct.”
Now the venerable saint scholar Puspadanta states the next verse to describe the last and the fourteenth spiritual stage:+
Ajoga-Kevali - 22. In general, there are ajoga (static) kevali jivās.
Q. What is the definition of ajoga kevali ? A. He is the kevalin with absolute knowledge and whose activity has become static.
Q. Which of the five bhāvās, the ajoga kevali possess ? A. There is the kşayika bhāva in this stage because of the total destruction of the four ghātiya (destructive) karmas* and because of their readiness to destroy the other four aghātiya (non-destructive) karmas.** It is said also in the GJ, verse 65: "The ajoga kevali are those [a] who have enriched themselves with 18, 000 types of good conduct; [b] have completely stopped the influx of new karma; (c) are devoid of new karmic bonds, and (d) are omniscience without activity.” *Agāvaraniya, darśanāvarniya, mohaniya and antarāya. ** Nāma, āyuh, gotra and vedaniya. + Thus there are fourteen spiritual stages leading from the volitioned state to the volitionless stage and from the lowest to the infinite internal energy. All these stages are associated with worldly living of the jivās.
Now Puspadanta describes Siddhā (spiritual stage) after describing the worldly fourteen stages:
Siddhā-cedi - 23. In general, there are the Siddhā jivās.
Q. Who are the Siddhā jivās ? A. They are those who have [a] destroyed all karmas [b] acquired the infinite bliss discarding worldly materials, [c] possessed all the best attributes, and [d] their soul is lesser than their terminal body, and [e] reside at the apex of the universe.
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