STUDY GROUP on SPIRITUAL INSTRUCTON Ch4V2,3

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STUDY GROUP on SPIRITUAL INSTRUCTON

 

CHAPTER 4

ATTAINMENT

Arudha

 

 

V2.

Q. To which of the seven stages of knowledge (jnana-bhoomikas)*

does the sage (jnani) belong?

 

M. He belongs to the fourth stage.

 

V3.

Q. If that is so why have three more stages superior to it been

distinguished?

 

M. The marks of the stages four to seven are based upon the

experiences of the realized person (jivanmukta). They are

not states of knowledge and release. So far as knowledge and

release are concerned no distinction whatever is made in these

four stages.

 

 

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* The seven jnana bhoomikas are:-

1. subheccha (the desire for enlightenment).

2. vicharana (enquiry).

3. tanumanasa (tenuous mind).

4. satwapatti (self-realization).

5. asamsakti (non-attachment).

6. padarthabhavana (non-perception of objects).

7. turyaga (transcendence).

Those who have attained the last four bhoomikas are called

brahmavit, brahmavidvara, brahmavidvariya and brahmavid varistha

respectively.

 

 

 

 

 

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