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Mithyātva or ignorance to the stage of Kevali or perfection are said or known as Gunasthāna. This classification of Gunasthānas is according to the presence of maximum polluted (evil) Pariņāma to the maximum good Pariņāma as well as the minimum Vitarāga Pariņāma to the maximum Vītarāga Pariņāma in the Jiva.'
There are fourteen stages of spiritual development (Guņasthāna) in Jainism :- 1. Mithyātva; 2. Sāsādana; 3. Miśra; 4. Avirata Smyagdrst; 5. Deśavirat; 6. Pramattavirat; 7. Apramattavirat; 8. Apūrvakarana; 9. Anivrtikarana; 10. Sükşma Samparāya; 11. Upaśānta; 12. Kșīņamoha; 13. Sayogikevali; 14. Ayogikevali."
Faith in the false belief is the Mithyādrști. The one remains with the practice of Samyaktva is in the Sāsādana Gunasthāna. In between these two, or the combined form of these two is Miśra Guņasthāna. The person even on being Samyagdrsti attached with the worldly subjects, is Avirata Samyagdęsti. Partial detached one is Deśavirata Samyagdrsti. One who is though detached, but is still with full of Pramăda, is the Pramatta Samyat. One who is without Pramāda, is the Apramatta Samyat. When a feeling of pleasure is felt, as a result of diluted Karmavaragaņās, that is Apūrvakarana. In the Anivrittikarana stage, the passions (Kaşaya) remain present in the form of seeds. In the Sūkşmasamparāya, except greediness, all the passions are destroyed. When the greediness is also destroyed absolutely, the one reaches to the Upsāntamoha Gunasthāna. The Kșiņakaṣāya Gunasthāna is the stage of subtle attachment (Moha). The Kevali with mind, speech and body is Sayogikevali. At the end of the fruits of karmas, he becomes a pure soul, that is Ayogikevali. HARIBHADRA: Acārya Haribhadra has described spiritual development in his books YogadȚsti Samuccaya and Yogabindu. He has described eight stages of spiritual development in Yogadssti Samuccaya" which are known as Astadrsti and five stages in Yogabindu. In Yogadrstti Samuccaya, Haribhadra defines it as- That which corrects one's vision towards knowledge and faith, which destroys the evil feelings and produces the correct ones, that is Drsti'' They are eight in a serial as follows: 1. Mitrā; 2. Tara; 3. Balā: 4. Dipră; 5. Sthira: 6. Kântă: 7. Prabhā; 8. Parā. 19 The first four are called Pratipāti or Oghadrsti, because the possibility of downfall remains there, where as the next four are Apratipāti or Yogaděšti, because there remains no such possibility. The first four
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