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Chapter # 4.7 Fifth spiritual developmental stage.
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What is the nature of the fifth spiritual developmental stage? This stage is identified as the right belief with the partial vow conduct (Desh virat).
With the inoperation of partial vow preventing passions, the soul is given the opportunity to observe partial vows of the householder. This is called the partial vow conduct (Desh charitra). The right belief and the right knowledge merge within this stage.
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How many types of karma bondage are there in the fifth spiritual developmental stage?
Recall that in the fourth spiritual developmental stage 77 types of bondage existed. In the fifth stage, ten less are bonded so that total of sixty-seven are bonded in this stage. The ten less bonded are as follow:
• Four partial vow preventing passion of anger, deceit, ego and
pride, and, one each of: • Human realm of existence. (Manusya gati) • Human realm of transmigratory form. (Manusya anupurvi) • Human life-determining karma. (Manusya ayu) • Gross body. (Audarik sharir)
Gross body limbs and their related parts. (Audarik sharir angopang) Adementine nerves, bones and joints. (Vraj rushabha narach sanhanan)
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How many types of karma give fruition in the fifth spiritual developmental stage?
In the fourth spiritual developmental stage, there were 104 types of karma in fruition. Here in the fifth stage there are seventeen less for total of 87 types to yield fruition in the fifth stage. Seventeen excluded are as follow:
Four partial vow preventing passions of anger, ego, deceit and pride. (Apratyakhyanavarniya kashay) Celestial realm of existence. (Dev gati) Celestial realm transmigratory form. (Dev anupurvi) Celestial life-determining karma. (Dev ayu)
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