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THE PRACTICAL DHARMA
II. The darśanāvaraniya group consists of the following nine kinds of energy all of which interfere with the perceptive faculties of the soul in different ways:(i) that which debars the soul from seeing with the eye (chakşu
darśana); (ii) that which prevents perception through senses other than
sight (achakşu darśana); (iii) that which obstructs clairvoyant perception (avadhi darśana); (iv) that which prevents the manifestation of kevala darśana (full
unqualified perception); (v) nidrā (sleep); (vi) nidrā-nidrā (swooning or insensibility or profound slumber); (vii) prachalā (restless or light sleep, like that of a dog; semi
drowsiness); (viii) prachalā-prachala (a more restless form of slumber than the
preceding, also a kind of madness); and (ix) styānagriddhi (somnambulism). III. The vedaniya type comprises two kinds of energies : (i) those responsible for pleasurable experiences (sātā vedaniya),
and (ii) those leading to suffering and pain (asātā vedaniya). IV. The mohaniya class is sub-divided into(i) Darsana mohaniya, which obstructs right belief. It is of three kinds :
(a) mithyātva which leads to settled wrong beliefs, (6) samyaga mithyātva which is characterised by a mixture
of truth and falsehood, and (c) samyak prakriti or samyaktva which signifies blurred
faith. In this state the truth is known, but faith is slightly tinged with superstition.
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