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Thus, one who is steeped in sensual indulgence welcomes loves and praises transmigration and is completely caught up in sensual cravings. Such a deluded person is truly foolish and stupid.
Such persons, who are very far indeed from liberation, have no concept of liberation. Just as when one suffers from indigestion even tasty sweets cannot tempt one, one who suffers from ingrained deluded perception and a flawed disposition of the soul does not seek or desire liberation. The ingrained flawed disposition is a result of the intense feelings of attachment and aversion that we carry from birth to birth.
Distinct characteristics of the soul when it is in the last Pudgala Paraavartana Kaala:
When the living being eases into the last Pudgala Paraavartana Kaala, it undergoes the following changes in order to get rid of its ingrained flawed disposition.
“Duhkhiteshu dayaatyantamadvesho gunavatsu cha.
Auchityaatsevanam chaiva sarvatraivaavisheshatah." ~ Yogadrishti Samuchchaya, Verse 32 (Page 146, Author: Aachaarya Haribhadra Suri, Publisher: Jain Dharma Prasaarana Trust, Surat (Gujarat), year 2000)
Compassion towards those in grief, absolutely no aversion towards the wise and the virtuous, and constant righteousness are the attributes of those who are in the last pudgala paraavartana kaala.
Thus, the soul's bhaava mal {dispositional flaw} decreases significantly in the last pudgala paraavartana. But it does not mean that all dispositional flaws vanish when one enters in the last pudgala paraavartana! But it is definite that all dispositional flaws will finally get shed during this period. The flaws shall be finally shed during that time period. This is because in the acharamaavarta
kaal one's consciousness is undeveloped and unexpressed. And one whose consciousness is undeveloped and unexpressed cannot achieve anything significant. For instance, the consciousness of a new-born baby is undeveloped and therefore it cannot achieve anything significant while it is still an infant.
When born as an acharamaavarta kaal birth, it is not possible for the living being to practise religion, as his soul has not ripened in terms of time and salvific ability.
When born as a charamaavarta kaal {the last incarnation phase of the soul, at the end of which the soul will be liberated), his understanding of religion matures and therefore, he becomes a youth from the point of view of religious awareness. His soul has ripened in terms of time and salvific ability.
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