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Verse 13
Fourteen stages of spiritual development (guṇasthāna) The stages of spiritual evolution, called guṇasthāna, are fourteen. Ācārya Pujyapada’s Sarvārthasiddhi
1. Delusion – mithyādrsti 2. Downfall – sāsādanasamyagdęsti 3. Mixed Right and Wrong Belief - samyagmithyādựşți 4. Vowless Right Belief – asamyatasamyagdssti 5. Partial Vows - samyatāsamyata 6. Imperfect Vows - pramattasamyata 7. Perfect Vows - apramattasamyata 8. New Thought-Activity – apūrvakaraņa 9. Advanced Thought-Activity - anivịttibādara
sāmparāya 10. Slightest Delusion - sūkşmasāmparāya 11. Subsided Delusion - upaśānta-kaṣāya 12. Destroyed Delusion - ksīna-kasāya 13. Omniscience with Vibration - sayogakevali 14. Non-Vibratory Omniscient - ayogakevalī
The self that is subjugated by the karma which causes false belief is the ‘Misbeliever' (mithyādựsti). That karma, which flows into the soul chiefly on account of false belief, is cut off in the case of the rest. Hence stoppage of that karma prevails in the beings from the second stage of spiritual development, namely 'Downfall (sāsādanasamyagdęsti) onwards. What is it? It is of sixteen kinds - karmas causing wrong belief, neuter sex, infernal lifetime, infernal state of existence, birth as a one
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