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Let us describe in a little more detail, the 5 divine personalities:
Arihantas:
The word arihanta is made up of two words: Ari, meaning enemies, and hanta, meaning destroyer. Therefore, arihanta means a destroyer of enemies. These enemies are not people like you, me, or any animal, or plant, etc. These enemies are inner desires known as passions and include anger, ego, deception, and greed. These are the internal enemies within us. Until we control our passions, the real nature or the power of our soul will not be realized or manifested. When a person (soul) wins over these inner enemies he/she is called an arihanta.
When that happens, the person has destroyed the four ghati karmas namely Jnanavarniya (knowledge blocking) karma, Darshanavarniya (perception blocking) karma, Mohniya (passion causing) karma and Antaraya (obstacle causing) karma. These karmas are called ghati karmas because they directly affect the true nature of the soul.
Thus an arihanta attains 1) Kevaljnan, perfect knowledge due to the destruction of all
Jnanavarniya karmas, 2) Kevaldarshan, perfect perception due to the destruction of all
Darshanavarniya karmas, 3) becomes devoid of passion due to the destruction of all Mohniya
karmas, and 4) gains infinite power due to the destruction of all Antaraya karmas.
Complete knowledge and perception means they know and see everything everywhere that is happening now, that has happened in the past, and that will happen in the future. Arihantas are divided into two categories: Tirthankara and Ordinary.
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