Guṇasthāna 2 of 14 · a taste of right belief, falling
2 · Sāsvādana सास्वादन
A taste of right belief, falling. Held for 1 samaya at the least, 6 āvalikā at the most.
Not a rung a soul climbs to. It is reached only by falling from the fourth : the last taste of right belief on the way down, held for one samaya at the least and six āvalikā at the most, before the soul lands on the first .
The name means the taste that lingers.
must fall Siddhaśilā the ground the two ladders begin 1 Mithyādṛṣṭi wrong belief held for antarmuhūrta – less than half a pudgalaparāvarta 2 Sāsvādana a taste of right belief, falling held for 1 samaya – 6 āvalikā 3 Miśra mixed belief held for antarmuhūrta 4 Avirata-samyagdṛṣṭi right belief, no vows held for antarmuhūrta – 33 sāgaropama and a human life 5 Deśavirata partial vows held for antarmuhūrta – a little under a koṭi of pūrvas 6 Pramatta-saṃyata full vows, with negligence held for antarmuhūrta 7 Apramatta-saṃyata full vows, without negligence held for antarmuhūrta 8 Apūrvakaraṇa unprecedented effort — the two ladders begin held for antarmuhūrta 9 Anivṛtti-bādara the gross passions thinned held for antarmuhūrta 10 Sūkṣma-samparāya only subtle greed remains held for antarmuhūrta 11 Upaśānta-moha delusion suppressed — the fall is certain held for 1 samaya – antarmuhūrta 12 Kṣīṇa-moha delusion destroyed held for antarmuhūrta 13 Sayoga-kevalī omniscient, still embodied held for antarmuhūrta – a little under a koṭi of pūrvas 14 Ayoga-kevalī omniscient, motionless held for five short vowels Jñānāvaraṇa Darśanāvaraṇa Vedanīya Mohanīya Āyu Nāma Gotra Antarāya still bound ‹ › 4 of 14 · Avirata-samyagdṛṣṭi the destroyers' way The fourteen guṇasthānas durations are Hemacandra's, Triṣaṣṭi appendix 1.3 rungs evenly spaced; the durations are printed, not scaled eight squares: the karmas still bound at that rung The fourteen guṇasthānas, rung by rung — 2 · Sāsvādana highlighted Measurements and counts Rung 2 of 14 Shortest 1 samaya Longest 6 āvalikā Fall reached only by falling from 4 Karmas still bound 8 of 8
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