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KARMA PHILOSOPHY.
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Thus this 7th guna-sthāna is that stage of development where these negligent activities are no more to be seen. Men (not laymen, but monks) are said to have Teached this guns-sthana, when they have wholly abandoned these 'pramādas.'
They are five in number as follow:
I. Pride or arrogance, which is in its turn divided into eight kinds, or different forms, viz.,
a. stout, vigorous body. b. Handsome form.
C. Abundant riches. Pride
Id. Exalted station in life. with respect to
e Severe penances. one's
f. Vast knowledge. g. High caste.
h. Noble birth. : II. Object ot sense, (sense pleasures). There are five organs of sense, and each organ has its own object. Each of the five objects of the five organs have again different forms. The sum total of these forms is 23.
The five organs are
(a) The Eye, the object of which is colour, and these colours are five viz., red, white, yellow, green & black, among which some are to one's liking (agreeable) while some are disagreeable.
(b) The Nose, the object of which is sinell, which if fragrant is nleasant to all; if bad or stinking, disagreeable.
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