Trishasti Shalaka Purusa Caritra Part 1

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

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twelfth gunasthana. The duration of the tenth is an antarmuhurta and only śuklaleśya is present.
XI. Upaśāntamohaguṇasthāna.
This is reached only by upasamakas. All mohaniyakarma is suppressed. From this the jiva must fall, and eventually ascend the kṣapakaśreņi to attain mokṣa. According to the Lp. (3. 1213-15) one may ascend the upaśamaśreņi as many as 4 times, but only twice in one birth. But the KG holds that it can not be done but once in a birth, though the kṣapakaśreņi may be ascended after the upasamaśreņi.
The duration of the eleventh guṇasthāna is an antarmuhurta. But it has a minimum of one samaya, when one who has ayurbandha dies while on this step. Only śuklalésya is present.
XII. Kṣinamohaguṇasthāna.
This is reached by the kṣapaka direct from the tenth. In this he suppresses the 5 jñanavaraṇiya, the 6 remaining darśanavaraṇiya, and the 5 antarāya. Only kṣayikasamyaktva exists at this stage, and only śuklaleśya. The second sukladhyāna belongs here. The duration of the twelfth is an antarmuhurta.
XIII. Sayogikevaliguṇasthāna.
In this he becomes a kevalin, and tirthakṛtnāmakarma rises now, if at all. All the karmas become ready for dissolution. The third sukladhyana is practiced now. The duration of the thirteenth guṇasthāna is an antarmuhurta minimum and something less than a koți of pūrvas maximum. Suklalesya is still present.
XIV. Ayogikevaliguṇasthāna.
In this, fine bodily activity, which is the only activity remaining, is suppressed. There are 85 karmas remaining, 72 of which are destroyed in the next to the last moment, and the last 13 in the last minute. The fourth sukladhyāna takes place at the end of the fourteenth guṇasthāna,