Prolegomena to Prakritica et Jainica

SR No.: 011088
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Satyaranjan Banerjee
Publisher: Asiatic Society
Total Pages: 248
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 17 MB

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GLASENAPP: THE FOURTEEN GUŅASTHĀNAS
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fully developed rational animals and human beings, lasts at the most somewhat lesser than a Pūrvakoti, and at least a fraction of a Muhūrta. The beings in this stage are either without a Śreņi or they begin
one of the Śreņīs, respectively are in one of them. 6. Pramatta-samyata-gunasthāna. A complete self
discipline is achieved in this stage which is, like the following, accessible only to human beings. But if it has arisen out of flared-up passions, sleep, etc. it is disturbed by negligence (Pramāda). A transcendent knowledge of the thoughts of others can appear from this Gunasthāna onwards. The duration of the stay in this stage is minimally 1 Samaya, maximally 1 Muhurta. If someone dies after 1 Samaya, he becomes Avirata (4th stage); if someone dies after a Muhūrta is almost over, he becomes Deśavirata (5th stage). If the Muhūrta is over without any incident, the soul comes into the following, 7th stage in which it says through a fraction of a Muhūrta to return again to the Pramatta-gunasthāna, after which the process begins anew. This oscillation between the 6th and the 7th Gunasthāna lasts at the most somewhat less than a Pūrvakoti. This concerns ascetics who have not ascended any Śreņi; if such is ascended or carried further, this sort of oscillation does not take place. It is characteristic of this stage that the body
of transference is developed only in it. 7. Apraiatta-saħyata-guņasthāna. Complete self
discipline whithout negligence is available in this stage. It lasts for 1 Samaya to 1 Muhurta. The soul in this Gunasthāna do not have any of the 6 Leśyās, like those of the preceding one, but only one of the
three highest. 8. Apūrva-karana-gunasthāna. This stage, like the
following one, is accessible only to a soul which is in a Sreņā; only the white Leśyā occurs now onwards. The process called Apūrva-karaṇa is carried out in