Gun sthan (guna-sthan) ya gunasthana Jain dharm ka 14 pad hain jo aatma ki justified paap-karm se mukti ki disha me pragati ko darshate hain. Inke bhed (antar) ka saar yeh hai ki dharm ke sahi drishti (belief) aur satvik vyavahar (conduct) dhire-dhire badhte hain, aur karmon ki bandhan kam hoti jati hai. Neeche har stage ka naam aur saararth arth diya hai:

1) Mithyatva Gunasthana

• Arth: Galat vishvaas ya adharit asatya vishwaas ke saath adhik raag-dvesha; yeh aatma ki sahi drishti ki kami hoti hai.

2) Sasvadana-samyagdrishti Gunasthana

• Arth: Right belief ki thodi si zaayeda mehsoos (taste) hoti hai; par puri pakka bhavna nahi.

3) Samyak-mithyadrishti Gunasthana

• Arth: Sahi aur galat dharnaon me mil-jul kar chalna; vishvas me asthirata.

4) Avirata-samyagdrishti Gunasthana

• Arth: Sahi vishwaas hai par niyantran (self-control) ki abhi poornta nahi.

5) Desavirata Shravak Gunasthana

• Arth: Shravak (lay follower) ki kuch had tak desha-virata (partial self-control) shuru hoti hai.

6) Pramatta-samyata Gunasthana

• Arth: Puri purusharth se saath, par kabhi-kabhi laaparvata (negligence) se vipreet prabhav aata hai.

7) Apramatta-samyata Gunasthana

• Arth: Niyamon ki sampoorn palan ki sthiti; negligence bilkul kam ya nahi hoti.

8) Apurva-karana (Nivrtti-badara-samparaya) Gunasthana

• Arth: Atma apurva-karana ki prakriya shuru karti hai; pravrtti (raag-dvesha) gross roop me abhi bhi hota hai.

9) Anivrtti-badara Gunasthana

• Arth: Pravrittiyan ab bhi badi halke roop me magar prayas zyada; shresthata ki or badh rahi hoti hai.

10) Sukshma-samparaya Gunasthana

• Arth: Kaashay (passions) halke roop me hi sadhant roop me hoti hain; man, vaani, sharir me karm ki pehchaan chhoti si hoti hai.

11) Upashant Kashaya Gunasthana

• Arth: Sabhi kaashay pratighat (suppressed) hone lagte hain; par vartman omniscience abhi nahi milti.

12) Ksina Kashaya Gunasthana

• Arth: Sab kaashay mar jate hain; par aatma ko kevalgnan ya kevali ke roop me poornate nahi milti.

13) Sayogi-kevali Gunasthana

• Arth: Omniscience (Kevaljnan) mil chuki hai, lekin astitva me sakriya (yoga) chalti hai; karm ki abhi bhi kriya hoti hai.

14) Ayogi-kevali Gunasthana

• Arth: Kevaljnan ke saath sehmukti (yoga) bilkul ruk jaata hai; atma nirvana ki or mukti ki tarah badh rahi hoti hai; yahi ant me mukti (nirvana) ki or le jata hai.

Digambar vs. Shwetambar ke beech

• Maddhyatah: Dono sampradayo me 14 gunasthana ki samanya soch aur uddeshya samaan hai. Naam-tarah ya thodī-modī terminological razlik ho sakti hai, par mool arth aur aatma ki vartamaan aur aage ki pragati ki pehchaan samaan raheti hai. Digambar aur Shwetambar nirantar dharmic vyakhyaon me thodi vyakhyaatmak bhinnataon ke saath, in stages ki pehchan ko barhati hai; lekin antim uddeshya — moksha ki or aatma ki yatra — sab me wahi hai.

Yadi aap chahen to main in stages ke sambandh me adhik vistrit kavital (vichaar) ya specific shlokon ki arth-drishti bhi de sakta/ sakti hoon.