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(Yoga) described above. It is needless to point out that the six Leśyā's or colours of the soul mentioned above are all due to the influx of Karma.
The Aupaśamika Bhāva is attained by the soul when the Karma's that destroy Right Faith and Right Conduct do not flow into it but are mitigated (Upaśama). It is of two sorts in as much as it is concerned with Right Faith and Right Conduct respectively. It is to be noted here that Right Faith may be found in all the Gunasthāna's or stages of development, described before, from the fourth to the eleventh and that Right Conduct is met with in the eleventh stage alone.
Karma injures the natural attributes of the soul. The Karma which envelopes the attributes of the soul fully is called Sarvaghāti or Complete Destroyer and that which envelopes only a part of them, is called Desaghāti or Partial Destroyer. When for some time Karma is found not to yield its natural fruits, it is to be understood to have its Upaśamā-bhāva or condition of mitigation and when Karma is radically rooted out, it is said to have its Kșaya-bhāva or a state of annihilation. When the Jiva has the Kṣāyopaśamika Bhāva (1) the Sarvaghāti Karma which is capable of coming into the soul at the given time must have been annihilated, (2) The Deśaghāti and the Sarvaghāti Karma's which would be capable of flowing into the soul in future are for the time being in a state of mitigation and (3) the Deśaghāti Karma, capable of flowing into the soul at that particular time is in force or active. Let us take the example of Mati-jñāna or sensuous knowledge which is due to the Kṣāyopaśamika condition of the soul. When Matijñāna arises in the soul (a) the Sarvaghāti Karma which envelopes Mati-jñāna completely must have been annihilated; (6) it may be that in future that Mati-jñāna will be fully destroyed or a part of it will be enveloped; but when the soul is in possession of Mati-jñāna, such Saryaghāti Karma or Deśaghāti Karma as would envelop it fully or partially in future, must be understood to be inactive for the time being; (c) at the time when the soul has Mati-jñāna
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