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STAGES OF SPIRITUAL DEVELOPMENT
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sāsvādana gunasthāna, there is just the taste of the control of the mithyätva (delusion); in this miśra-drsti gunasthāna, there is neither like nor dislike for the truth when it is presented to you; you just let the truth pass by without either liking it or disliking it. It is a sort of indifference, and there is no great wish or desire or energy put forth in this state of mind. This third stage is the result of the rise of the miśra mohanīya karma (2nd sub-division of class 4). The misra mohaniya karma is the most noticeable sign or characteristic of this stage. Causes Operative
In this stage, there are 43 out of the 57 determinant causes operative. Those not operative are : the 5 mithyātvas; the worst degree of respectively anger, pride, deceitfulness, and greed; the āharaka miśra yoga, the āhāraka yoga, the kārmana yoga, the audărika miśra yoga, and the vaikriya miśra yoga. Karmas not generated
In this third stage, the 25 karmas mentioned as being generated in no higher stage than the 2nd, would not be generated in this third stage. The 16 karmas generated in only the mithyātva gunasthāna are not generated in this third. Nor are the āhāraka śarīra, the āhāraka upanga, or the tirtharkara. The deva āyuh and the manusya ayuh kaimas are not generated in this third stage. And the miśra mohaniya and samyaktva mohaniya are not generated. This counts up to 48 karmas not generated, leaving 74 which may be generated, as follows below.
Ayuh karma cannot be generated in this stage, because that strong wish which is the factor of the intelligence which generates āyuh karma is not strong enough in this third stage to generate the karma. The faculty of decision, the faculty through which we determine, is not strong or active here, in this weak indifferent stage. Karmas liable to be generated
In this stage, the living being is liable to generate any one of 74 karmas, namely :
5 or all of the jñānāvaraniya 6 of the darśanāvaraniya
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