2. Kāṅkṣā-mohanīya gets bound due to pramād and yoga. When Gautam swami asked a question that how does pramād arise? Bhagwan replied that pramād arises due to yoga. So in 13th gunasthāna there is yoga but not pramād – Shouldn’t there be pramād there?
Answer
No, there should not be pramād in the 13th gunasthāna.The key point is this:
- Yoga can exist without pramād.
- Pramād is not the same as yoga.
- In the 13th gunasthāna, there is still activity of body, speech, and mind, so yoga remains.
- But all carelessness, negligence, attachment, and delusion have already ended, so pramād does not arise.
Explanation
When Bhagwan says that pramād arises due to yoga, it should be understood in a conditional sense:- For a deluded soul, yoga becomes the occasion for carelessness.
- But yoga alone does not inevitably produce pramād.
In the 13th gunasthāna:
- The soul is a sayogi kevali.
- There is still subtle activity of the body, speech, and mind.
- But there is no moha, no attachment, no aversion, and no inner negligence.
- Therefore the remaining yoga is not the cause of pramād.
So the statement “pramād arises due to yoga” does not mean that every state with yoga must have pramād. It means that in ordinary embodied beings, yoga can become the occasion for heedlessness.
Spiritual Understanding
This shows an important Jain principle:- Outer activity is not the real problem by itself.
- The real bondage comes when activity is mixed with delusion, negligence, and passions.
- A kevali may still have yoga, but because the soul is perfectly awakened, that yoga does not produce pramād or new bondage.
So the 13th gunasthāna is a very pure state: activity remains, but inner negligence is gone.
Takeaway
There is no contradiction.- Yoga can exist without pramād.
- In the 13th gunasthāna, yoga remains, but pramād does not.
- The cause of pramād is not mere movement or activity, but activity joined with delusion and carelessness.
If you want, I can also explain this with the yoga-pramād relation in the language of Jain karma theory step by step.