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KARMA PHILOSOPHY,
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IV. The fourth 'pramāda' or negligence is undeesia rable conversation (leading to lust, passion and excite ment of the mind and senses), about (1) the fair sex, (2) native or foreign couptries, (3) rulers of these countries and (4) provisions (food, victuals).
v. The fifth and the last 'pramāda' is 'Nidra' or sleep.
Individuals (here, monks) in this stage are never fast asleep, are never languid or dull with drowsiness. They pass much of their time in religious study and meditation,
There are three kinds of sleep:(1) 'Nidrā-nidra' i. e. sleep acquiring touching of the body to arouse the person.
(2) 'Prachalā-prachala', i, e. sleeping while the Individual is walking.
(3) 'Styānarddhi' i. e. somnambulism.
A monk in this guna-sthāna, has not even one of these three kinds of ‘Nidrā'.
The appellation 'a-pramāda' is assigned to this 'Gunasthāna' because of the absence of the 'pramādas' in persons in that 'Gupa-sthana'.
8th GUNA-STHÃNA.
OR
Apurva-guna-sthāna. The word 'apurva' means the like of which did not exist before, quite new.
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