Spiritual Discipline and Practices in Jainism

Author(s): Bhagchandra Jain
Publisher: Z_Vijyanandsuri_Swargarohan_Shatabdi_Granth_012023.pdf

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(mithyatva, samyagmithyatva and samyaktva) or darsana mohaniya karma and four prakritis of caritra mohaniya karma. Samyagdrati jiva tramsmigrates at the most for three bhavas where he stays without any attachment. 107
5. Desa samyata shows the trend of the soul for adopting partial vows prescribed for a layman. Here the soul observes the conduct and ends his life by sallekhana. 108
6. Pramattasamyata gunasthana onward relates to the ascetic order. Here the soul observes the ascetic conduct but mild passions make him impure. He thus becomes pramatta from apramatta and apramatta from pramatta. 109
7. Apramattasamyata makes the ascetic free from negligence and breach of vows. It is said that the ascetic cannot go beyond this stage in the present era as he does not possess that purity. It is of two types, svasthana apramatta and satisaya apramatta."
8. Apurvakarana, the eighth gunasthana indicates hightly pruified mind of the self who does not fall down. The practice of sukladhyana starts from this stage. Pride is also altogether destroyed in this stage. Here only ksayika and aupasamika bhava exist. From this stage the two srenis commences their work, i.e. upasamasreni (8th to 12th gunasthanas) and ksapakasreni (8th, 9th, 10th and 12th gunasthana). In these srenis the twentyone prakrits of caritra mohaniya karmas are subdued and destroyed. The tadbhavamoksagami, atadbhavamoksagami, aupasemika samyagdrsti and ksayika samyagdrsti jivas ascend the upasamasreni while the ksapakasreni can be utilized by only tadbhava and
ava moksagami jivas. Upasamasenivarti jiva is bound to fall down from the 11th gunasthana to even first gunasthana but the ksapakasrenivarti jiva goes ahead to the 7th gunasthana. It is also called nivrtti gunasthana. Here only two causes of Karmabandha remain-ksaya and yoga.
9. Anivrttikarana : the soul here continues further the act of destroying the remaining part of caritra mohantya karma. The parinamas in this gunasthana are anivrtti (avisama). Deceit totally disappears here and the soul advances fruther to the next stage.
10. Sukamasamparaya. Samparaya means lobha. Here all passions are annihilated except slight greed. The duration of this
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