Outlines of Jainism

Author(s): J L Jaini, F W Thomas
Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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METAPHYSICS : XIV. STAGES OF THE SOUL
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6. Pramatta-virata After renunciation of all worldly objects still occasionally to turn the mind to the service or needs of the body. This is promāda-bhūra. Henceforth all the stages belong to the life of a muni, or ascetic.
7. Apramatta-virata Renouncing the pramāda-bhāva of the sixth stage. In this the soul is absorbed in spiritual contemplation.
From here there are two ways of progressing (two śreņis, or ways of ascent): (1) upaśama, in which the conduct-infatuating karma is being suppressed; (2) kshāyaka, in which it is being destroyed. This last is the necessary way to moksha, or final liberation.
8. Apūrva-karana Karaņu, or bhāra, thoughts which had not yet found entry into the saint's soul. This is the beginning of the first śukla-dhyāna, or white contemplation, i.e. pure contemplation of the pure soul.
9. Anivritti-kuraņu Special thoughts (bhāvas) of still greater purity; a stage of the first pure contemplation.
10. Sūkshmu-samparāya All passions are destroyed or suppressed, except sūkshma-susījvalana-lobha, i.e. the most subtle, nominal desire (of attaining moksha, for example). This is also the first pure contemplation.