hese are the seven states of ignorance. | shall now tell
the seven stages of knowledge which bestow Liberati 149. elders have analyzed them as: Subheccha: desire for Truth; Vicharana: investigation into the Truth; Tanumanasi: pure and attenuated mind; 4.
Sattvapatti: the Realization of the Truth;
- Asamshakti: a detached outlook on the universe and its
contents;
- Padarthabhavani: untainted awareness of Self; Turiya: the highest and indescribable state.
150 & 151. To explain further:
- To wean away unedifying associations and to desire knowledge of the Supreme is the first plane called
ubheccha.
- To associate with enlightened Sages, learn from them
and reflect on the Truth, is called investigatio
- To be free from desires by meditating on the Truth
with faith, is the attenuation of the mind.
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