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STAGES OF SPIRITUAL DEVELOPMENT
181 FIFTH STAGE OF DEVELOPMENT Seks (Deśa-virati-samyak-drsti-guṇasthāna)
Characteristics of the Fifth stage
Desa means “part' or partial; virati means control.
In all the gunasthānas above the third there is samyaktva and where there is samyaktva there is control of the darśana mohaniya and of the four anantānubandhis; therefore the partial control here spoken of is of other kasāyas, sense pleasures, and karmas than these seven.
The factors of the person's state who is in this fifth stage are, therefore, (a) partial self-control and [b] samyaktva. The person in this stage is not able to practise complete self-control. For instance, he can practise the principle of non-killing in only a partial way.
There is only one class of persons in this stage; they all know the value of self-control, they all make the effort to practise it, and they practise it in part. Causes of Karma Operative in the fifth Stage
In this stage there are 39 out of the 57 causes operative. The following are the 18 inoperative causes :
5 Mīthyātvas 4 Anantānubandhis The apratyākhyāni (four of them, see below.) Avirati regarding moving living beings The āhāraka yoga The audārika miśra yoga The āhāraka misra
The kārmaņa yoga that makes 18 inoperative causes.
The apratyākhyāni are the anger, pride, deceitfulness and greed in the degree next above the anantānubandhis, and by reason of the presence or activity of them you are not able to take certain particular vows, not to do certain things. And as in this desa-virati guņasthāna these apratyākhyani are partially controlled, you can
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