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THE SCIENTIFIC FOUNDATIONS OF JAINISM
7.7 TRANSITIONS BETWEEN STAGES
We have indicated how the transfer takes place from one stage to another. Figure 7.3 shows the various transitions. The first part is the spiritual axis. From stage 1, we go into stage 3 then 4 and then eithe progress to stage 5 or fall back to stage 2, as indicated in Fig. 7.4. Again from stage 5, either we proceed to stage 6 or we go down to stage 4 or 2. From 6 we proceed to 7 or again we fall down to 5 or 4. From 7 we proceed to 8 or, as at 6, we go down. From 8 one can proceed to 9 or again we can go down. From 9, transition to 10 is possible. One can jump straight from 10 to 12. Stage 11 is very slippery and one can go downward anywhere, usually to 6 or 7. Once one has reached stage 12, then there is no fall and one progresses to stages 13 and 14. Appendix 4 gives a modified game of snakes and ladders to illustrate the most significant transitions.
7.8 GLOSSARY
Fourteen purification stages (=Guņasthānas) Stage
1. Incorrect View (of reality) = Mithyādịşți 2. Vanishing Faith = Sāsvādana 3. Mixed Faith and Doubt = Mishra 4. True Insight = Samyak-drșți 5. Partial Restraint = Deśa-virata 6. Full Restraint = Sarva-virata 7. Carelessness Free = Apramatta-virata
Unprecedented Spiritual Progress = Apūrva-karana 9. Advanced Spiritual Activity = Anivștti-karaña 10. Suppressed Subtle Greed = Sukşma-moha 11. Partially Eliminated Greed = Upasanta-moha 12. Completely Eliminated Greed = Kșīņa-moha 13. Dynamic Omniscience State = Sayoga-kevalin 14. Static Omniscience State = Ayoga-kevalin
NOTES
P.S. Jaini, pp. 140-1.".... thanks to the fluctuations in the ongoing interaction of virya and karma, certain experiences (especially an encounter with a Jina or his image, hearing the Jaina teachings, or remembering past lives) may bring the bhavyatva out of its dormant state and thus initiate the process that leads eventually to mokşa."
