Book Title: Samkit Faith Practice Liberation
Author(s): Amit B Bhansali
Publisher: Amit B Bhansali

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________________ When it is only possible for that particular soul to bind delusion causing karmas of 70 krodaakrodiisaagaropama 70 crores of crores of innumerable years only once more, the soul is known as "Sakritabandhaka”. When that particular soul shall never ever bind delusion causing karmas of 70 krodaakrodiisaagaropama {70 crores of crores of innumerable years) it is known as “Apunarbandhaka” (the soul that shall never bind the maximum extent of delusion causing karmas). In verse 18 of the Dharmasangraha, living beings that have mild false belief and fall in the category of apunarbandhaka are known also as religious people. Thus, it is possible for those who fall under the first gunsthaanaka to have religion, even though it is in the form of an anushthaana {performance/undertaking}. Thus, given time, the apunarbandhaka soul who has reached the charmaavarta stage can practise religion. This is why the apunarbandhaka soul is also known as 'Aadidhaarmika' {belong to the pre-dhaarmika stage}. It is not necessary that this person must necessarily be a Jain. Owing to the presence of mild false belief, such a person could follow another faith instead of Jainism. Irrespective of his religious practices, such a person shall be known aadidhaarmika since his internal attachment and aversion are very mild. In the Yogabindu, it is written that since the apunarbandhaka souls do not have uniform development of soul and uniform levels of false beliefs, they resort to the teachings of different religions in order to purify themselves. In the apunarbandhaka stage, when the soul pursues granthi-bheda, it can attain three specific stages: 1. Maargaabhimukha 2. Maargapatita 3. Maargaanusaarii Maarga (the path means travel along the straight path - straightforwardness. A snake may slither its way forward but its progress is linear because its habitat is straight. Similarly, the mind of the seeker may run amok from time to time but if it is free from artifice and other passions, the seeker progresses on the right path. He progressively imbibes noble attributes. The suppression and annihilation of karmas that brings about this straightforwardness in the seeker's soul is known as 'maarga'. 118

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