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deep red, dark blue, dark grey and black hued souls. Hence, white and pale yellow are considered to be auspicious hues while deep red, dark blue, dark grey and black are considered to be inauspicious hues.
**Labdhis are unique spiritual and mystic attainments that help the soul progress further on the path of liberation. Jain doctrine does not believe that these labdhis should be pursued. They occur spontaneously as the soul progresses on the path of spiritual perfection.
It may be stated that there are many souls in the world but very few can attain samyaktva.
Only those who have the sufficient spiritual attainments (labdhis), core competencies (paryaaptis) and cognitive ability {sangnaa) and who have suppressed/annihilated/partly suppressed and partly annihilated the seven karma-prakritis {sub-classes of karmas that obstruct the dawn of samyaktva attain samyaktva either entirely through their own efforts (nisargaja) or through guidance from the Jinaas, preceptors and scriptures (adhigamaja).
What Happens before Samyaktva is Attained
It is important to understand the process of the attainment and dawn of samyaktva. Since time immemorial, karmas have obstructed the soul's qualities. These karmas may broadly be divided into eight categories:
1) gynaanaavaraniiya: knowledge-obstructing 2) darshanavaraniiya: perception-obstructing 3) vedaniiya: sensation-causing 4) mohaniiya: deluding 5) aayushya: life-span determining 6) naama: body-forming 7) gotra: class of birth determining 8) antaraaya: obstruction-causing
Of all eight types of karmas, it is the mohaniiya karma (delusion causing karma that is the most lethal. It has been called the head of the army of karmas. Until the mohaniiya karmas are in ascendence, the other karmas are also in ascendence.
There are two aspects to mohaniiya karma, both lethal to the soul seeking liberation.
1. Darshana-mohaniiya karma: causes deluded perception
2. Chaaritra-mohaniiya karma: causes deluded conduct
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