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KARMA PHILOSOPHY.
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6th GUNA-STHĀNA.T
OR Sarva-virati-guna-sthāna,
otherwise called Pramāda-guna-sthāna.
Sarva' ineans complete. Virati' means control.
Therefore 'Sarva-virati-guna-sthana' is that 'Gunasthana' or stage of development where one has attained the quality, virtue of complete control over the four 'Kashāya' viz., (1) Anger, (2) Pride, (3) Fraudulence and (4) Greediness.
Not laymeu but inonks only who have renounced the world have complete control over these 'Kashayas' or passions therefore they (the monks) have reached this stage. They, thereby, can and do observe the five so-called ‘Mahā-vrita' or strict vows, which are as follow:
(1) 'Prānātipāta-viramana-vrita' or the vow of cessation from killing or destroying life ;-life of 'moving' beings, as well as of 'stationary' vegetables,
(2) 'Mrishāyāda-viramana-vrita' or the vow of refraining from telling even a simple untruth.
(3) 'Adattādāna-viramana-vrita' or the vow of refraining from taking anything without being given by its
† This portion of the subject, from the 6th to the 14th 'Guna-sthāna', which was left unfinished by the author Mr. Gandhi owing to his ill health, is completed by Mt. Motichand Odhavji of Bhavnagar,
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