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and practising austerities, and finally attained death through 'fast unto death' together with the observance of perfect equanimity. This is an example of the person rising up and remaining awakened life
long.
On the other hand, example of the second category is found in the lives of Pundarīka and Kundarīka. Kuņdarīka got initiated into ascetic life. Later on, when he became ill, king Puņdarīka arranged for his medical treatment. Kundarīka recovered, but at the same time, he became lax in the observance of the monastic conduct. He abandoned the ascetic life and returned to the worldly life. This is an illustration of the person rising up and then falling down. The third category is that of a person who never renounces the worldly
life. 9. See 4.32 footnote no.1. 10. Ācārānga Cūrņi, p.175 : atra cūrņikāreņa pūrvamparamparāyāḥ
nirdeśaḥ krtaḥ æ tattha therakappam pati puvvarāyam egajāmam jaggati pacchime rattevi egam, majjhe do yāme suyati, tatthavi sattito jāgarati, suyamto' vi jayaņāe suyati, ņikkhamapavesesu ya jayanam kareti, jo evam acakkhuvisaevi jataṇam kareti so divasao puvvanhaavaranham-ajjhanahesu pare va jayati, jinakappiyā tatiyajāme sotum sattasu jāmesu jayamti, evamavadhāraņe,
avahitameva jayamti, jam bhaạitam - suyamtāvi javvasā jatemti. 11. In the commentary of Patanjala Yogadarśana (1.15), three stages of non-attachment (vairagya)
ssion (vasīkāra) have been described æ 1. Subduing, 2. Distinction, 3. One-sensed (mental) residual. After passing through these three, one can attain 'dispassion'. 1] Subduing - One who is constantly trying to subdue his senses. 2] Distinction - When one gets a little or more success in the first state (i.e. subduing), one becomes free from attachment to a particular object or the attachment towards it may get reduced to a great extent, then one gets the power to strengthen his non-attachment distinctly towards particular objects. Such a state of non-attachment is 'Distinction.' 3] One-sensed (or mental) residual - When through practice, one attains mastery, over it, all his sense-organs get almost subdued except a slight or sporadic distraction in mind which may be called as one-sensed residual attachment. Such state then is called ekendriya vairagya because there still remains a slight trace of attachment towards objects in mind (which is one of the six senses).
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