________________
The knowledge attributes of the soul continue producing the modes of knowledge from time infinite; but these modes receive different names due to their association with the deluding karma.
KNOWLEDGE MODE DELUDING KARMA
SPIRITUAL DEVELOPMENT STAGE
1st - 3rd
Wrong knowledge.
4th
True knowledge.
5th to 12th
True knowledge
Rise of the wrong belief deluding karma. Absence of the effect of the wrong belief deluding karma The gradual reduction in the effect of the true conduct deluding karma. Total annihilation of all the deluding karma.
12th
Omniscient knowledge.
Chapter # 4.3 First spiritual development stage.
484.
What is the nature of the first spiritual development stage - the stage of wrong belief? (Mithyatva)
In the first spiritual development stage, the fruition of the wrong belief karma is the instrumental cause. As a result, the soul has the wrong belief in reality (Atatvarth shradhdhan). In this stage, the soul always has a wrong belief. He does not have a liking for the true nature of the reality. As the person with a stomach ailment does not like the taste of rich food, so is the condition of the soul similar in this stage for reality.
485. In the first spiritual development stage, how many types of karma bondageoccur?
Out of 148 types of karma there is bondage of 117 types in this first spiritual development stage, as follow: As explained in part two of question #330, instead of twenty subtypes of touch, taste, smell and color, we take only four. Five bodies (Sharir) also include five types of bondages of the parts of the body (Bandahana karma) and five types of
113
