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doned. Then, why is the auspicious karmic matter regarded as that which should be accepted (attained) ?
True, from the trascendental standpoint auspicious karmic matter is what should be abandoned. But in our journey on the path of Religion, a human body and other favourable circumstances are gained due to the instrumentality of this auspicious karmic matter. So, from the practical standpiontitis regarded as worthy of attainment. And this auspicious karmic matter is caused by the auspicious states of soul. Hence these states too are ultimately to be abandoned. But to remain away and free from the inauspicious states, first it is necessary to cultivate and give way to the auspicious states. They are like a guide. After reaching the destination they lose their utility and therefore they automatically dissociate themselves from the soul. They are simply a means to emancipation and not an end itself. The direct cause of emancipation is pure states of the soul, while its remote cause is auspicious states of the soul. Thus auspicious states constitute somehow the first stage of the pure states. In fact, stoppage of the inflow of karmic matter and the partial dissociation of karmic matter are caused by the auspicious states of soul. And as these auspicious states are soul's powers, they are regarded as aspects of the soul.
In the universe there are two fundamental reals, viz. soul and non-soul. Nine reals are nothing but their expansion. Four reals are included in the soul. They are soul, stoppage of the inflow, partial dissociation and total dissociation. Five reals are included in the non-soul. They are non-soul, auspicious karmas, inauspicious karmas, inflow and bondage. The real called auspicious karma is put under the head of non-soul because it is not a state of the soul; but it is the auspicious inflow.
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