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6. Transcendental life : (a) Sayogakevali Guņasthāna (Thirteenth) (b) Ayogakevalī Guņasthāna (Fourteenth)
The slumbering and the unawakened soul, after passing through the stages of spiritual awakening, moral and intellectual preparation, now arrives at the sublime destination by dint of ascending the rungs of meditational ladder. In the thirteenth stage the soul possesses dispassionate activities and develops omniscience. It is a state of JivanaMukta, a supermental state of existence and an example of divine life upon earth. In the fourteenth stage the soul annuls all activities, but preserves omniscience and other characteristics. After this, disembodied liberation results(Videha Mukti). The 'self in these two Guņasthāna bears the title of 'Arhat' and after this, the title of 'Siddha'. This state of Siddha is beyond all Guñasthānas.
It may be noted here that the self in these two Gunasthāna is called Paramātman. This perfected mystic is established in truth in all directions. He experiences bliss, which is supersensuous, unique, infinite, and interminable. He has transcended the dualities of friends and foes, pleasure and pain, praise and censure, life and death, sand and gold, attachment and aversion. The supreme mystical experience is ineffable and transcends all the similes of the world. It is a movement from darkness to light and slumberness to perfect spiritual awakening.
7. Composite Sādhanā of Tri-ratna (Samyagdarśana, Samyagjñāna and Samyakcăritra) leading to emancipation (Mokşa)57
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