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PAÑCALINGĪPRAKARAŅAM : 11
Vavahāraheu lingam bārasa turie gunammi u kasāyā / Āillāņa viseso na dutthabhāsāigammo u || 4 ||
Vyavahārahetuḥ lingam dvādaśa turye gune tu kaşāyāḥ / Ādimānām visesaḥ na duştabhāsādigamyaḥ tuḥ // 4 /
The indicator is conventional as twelve passions
characterise the fourth spiritual stage Distance from wickedness is due to,
the absence of initial four || 4 ||
4. This indicator (subsidence of insistence on falsehood) of right-faith is just conventional. It is as it appears outwardly. The fourth stage of spiritual evolution – that of unrestrained but rightly inclined spiritual aspirant – is characterized by the absence of four initial (extremely persistent and infinitely bonding) passions and non-indulgence in wicked speech (thoughts and acts) because this absence of initial four types of passions does not support wickedness and hence the absence of bad language, etc.
If we take the absence of passions as the indicator of right-vision, we are faced with two undesirable situations – 1. The term passion is inclusive of infinitely bonding ones
also and 2. Thereby the presence of bad language, etc. is also not
ruled out.
