Book Title: Primer of Jain Principles
Author(s): Kirit Gosalia
Publisher: Kirit Gosalia

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________________ Chapter # 4.14 Twelfth spiritual development stage. 546. Describe the nature of the twelfth spiritual developmental stage, which is called the delusion-less state (Kshin moha). In this stage the deluding karma are totally annihilated. The monk in this stage has now obtained perfect conduct, which will stay with the soul forever. 547. How many karma become bonded in this twelfth spiritual developmental stage? Only one type and that is the pleasure producing feeling karma which become bonded in this stage. 548. How many types of karma come into fruition in this stage? In the eleventh spiritual developmental stage, 69 types of fruition of karma occured. Since two are deleted, there are 67 types of fruition within this twelth spiritual developmental stage. The two deleted are as follow: 1. Adementine joints and bones (Vraj narach) 2. Unbreakable bones and joints (Narach). 549. How many types of karma remain in dormancy in this twelfh spiritual developmental stage? In the tenth spiritual developmental stage, the soul in the annihilation ladder had a total of 102 types in the dormancy. In the twelth stage we take one away, which has a total of 101 types of karma in dormancy. The one to be taken away is subtle greed (Sanjavalan lobh). Chapter # 4.15 Thirteenth spiritual development stage. 550. What is the nature of the thirteenth spiritual development stage i.e., the active omniscience (Sayogi kevali) stage? The soul in this stage is called the omniscient lord. He now has power to preach worthy soul with the divine sound (Divya dhvani). He shows the pathway to the liberation. He has annihilated 47 types of destructive karma as follow: • Ei Five knowledge obscuring karma (5 Gnanavarniya Karma) Nine perceptional obscuring karma (9 Darshanavarniya Karma) 134

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