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METAPHYSICS : XV A. RIGHT CONVICTION
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karmic matter in the soul, in which case the maximum and the minimum are each one antara-muhūrta ; or to kshaya, or perishing of karmic matter, when in mundane souls the minimum is one antara-muhūrta, the maximum thirty-three sāgaras, while in liberated or disembodied souls it has a beginning, but lasts for ever; or to kshayopasama, mixed precipitation and perishing of karmas, with a minimum, one antara - muhūrta ; maximum, sixty-six sāgaras. [One muhūrta is fortyeight ininutes.]
Vidhana
The way in which it is acquired
Really there is only one way, namely, the suppression and removal of karmic matter. But it may be in two ways: internal, nisarga, intuitive; external, adhigama, by instruction. It may also be in three ways, according as it arises by precipitation, perishing, or combined precipitation and perishing of karmic matter.
Right conviction may also be considered from the point of view of sat, does it exist or not? samkhyā, how many is it ? kshetru, up to where does it extend ? sparśana, what extent of space and time does a man of right convietion comprehend ? kūlu, how long does it last? antara, the extent to which the minimum and maximum durations are separated from each other, or the duration of its absence; bhūra, which psychical condition gave it rise, precipitation or perishing, or both ? ulpa-bahutra, are the last-named three kinds equal or unequal ?
