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GURUDEVA SMRITI GRANTHA
5. One who has partial self-control (desavirata). 6 One who has complete self-discipline, sometimes, however, brought into
wavering through negligence (pramatta samgata) 7. One who has self-control without negligence (apranatta samgata). 8 One who practises the process called 'kapurva arana' in whom, however,
the passions are still occurring in a gross form (niurttı badara samparaja). 9 One who practises the process called 'anzurttı karana' in whom, however,
the passions are still occurring (anturttı badara samparaya). 10 One in whom the passiops occur in a subtle from (suksma samparaya). 11 One who has suppressed every passion but who does not yet possess
omniscience (upasanta kasaya vitaraga chadmastha) 12 One who has annihilated every passion but does not yet possess
omniscience (kinu kasaya vitaraga chadmastha). 13 One who possesses omniscience and engages himself in activities (sayogi
kevalın)
14 One who is omniscient and does not perform any activity (ayogi kevalın).
The whole scheme of gunasthanas is devised in a logical order according to the principle of decreasing sinfulness and increasing purity At the first stage all the causes of binding, Viz , wrong belief, lack of self-discipline, passions, and activity are operating from the second to the fifth, only three causes are m operation, ie, wrong belief is absent From the sixth to the tenth, only passions and activity exercise their influence From the eleventh to the thirteenth, only activity is present. On the last stage there is no binding of karma The number of the karmas which are in realisation (vdaya) and existence in potentia (satta) also decreases with every step 1 Mithyadrati Gouasthana
The chief characteristic of this gungsthana is wrong delief The ‘abhavyas' (not capable of salvation as well as 'bhavyas' (capable of salvation) are on this stage The difference between their conditions is that all the ‘abhavyas' are eternally in this gunasthana, whereas only those 'bhavyas' who by reason of certain unfavourable conditions do not reach salvation do so for a certain period of time. With the other 'bhavyas' this stage has no beginning but an end which comes sooner or later. With being who fell from a higher stage and sank into wrong belief, it has a beginning as an end.
2. Sastadana Samyagcrsti Gunasthana
It is of very short duration lasting in the minimum one 'samaya' and in the maximum six 'avalikas'. Those beings that possessed right belief produced by suppre
