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Samādhitantram
that of the last body, resides at the summit of the universe, and is characterized by permanence (dhrauvya), origination (utpāda) and destruction (uyaya).
When the life-determining (āyuh) karma of the Omniscient Lord (sayogakevalī) is within one muhūrta (48 minutes), he embraces the highest order of pure concentration and annihilates the four non-destructive (aghāti) karmas - feeling producing (vedanīya), life-determining (āyuḥ), name-determining (nāma), and status-determining (gotra) – achieving the ultimate goal that the soul may aspire to reach, i.e., liberation (nirvāṇa). Liberation signifies that there is nothing left to strive for or look forward to. His soul is purged of all karmic impurities and becomes pristine like pure gold, free from dirt and alloys. He crosses the worldly ocean of transmigration. His soul darts up to the summit of the universe to remain there for eternity as a 'Siddha' with eight supreme qualities:
1. kṣāyika-samyaktva – infinite faith or belief in the tattvas or essential principles of Reality. It is manifested on the destruction of the faith-deluding (darśana mohanīya) karma. 2. kevalajñāna - infinite knowledge, manifested on the destruction of the knowledge-obscuring (jñānāvaraṇīya) karma. 3. kevaladarśana – infinite perception, manifested on the destruction of the perception-obscuring (darśanāvaraṇīya) karma. 4. anantavīrya – literally, infinite power; it is the absence of fatigue in having knowledge of infinite substances. It is manifested on the destruction of the obstructive (antarāya) karma. 5. sūkşmatva – literally, fineness; it means that the liberated soul is beyond sense-perception and its knowledge of the substances is direct, without the use of the senses and the mind.
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