Trishasti Shalaka Purusa Caritra Part 1

Author(s): Hemchandracharya, Helen M Johnson
Publisher: Oriental Research Institute Vadodra

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found the pṛthvi-jala-vanaspati divisions of the aparyāptabādara one-sensed jivas (but not tejas and vāyu), 2-, 3-, 4-, 5-sensed aparyāptas, and paryāptasañjñins. This is according to KG. According to agama, ekendriyas can not be in the second guṇasthāna. KG IV, p. 97b. This statement, seemingly inconsistent with the fact that the second guṇasthāna is reached only by those falling from the fourth, is explained by the fact that some are reborn before they reach the second. All 6 lesyas may exist.
III. Samyagmithyadṛṣtiguṇasthāna.
This is reached only by those falling from the fourth guṇasthāna when samyagmithyātvadarśanamohaniyakarma (i.e. mixed) rises. There is no spiritual development, and the jiva falls down to the first (without passing through the second), or goes back to the fourth, as the karma develops. Its duration is an antarmuhurta, maximum and minimum. It is reached only by paryāptasañjñins. All 6 lesyās exist.
V. Desaviratiguṇasthāna.
Self-control begins here. Complete self-control is impossible because of the presence of pratyākhyānāvaraṇakaṣāyas. This partial self-control is in 3 stages. In the first, the jiva refrains from gross injury, gives up wine and meat, and repeats frequently the namaskāra to the Parameṣṭhins. In the second stage he takes the 12 vows of the layman (see Chap. III), and observes the 6 daily duties, and always observes good conduct. In the third stage, he takes no food with life, observes complete chastity, and develops the desire to be a sadhu. The II pratimas of the layman also are taken in this guṇasthāna. Arta- and raudradhyāna weaken and dharmadhyāna begins. The duration of the fifth guṇasthāna is an antarmuhurta minimum and something less than a koți of purvas maximum. It is reached by humans and sañjñin-animals.