The ten tasks in the spiritual evolution of soul towards liberation as per Shaiva Siddhanta is known as Dasa Karyam.
The ten tasks are:
- Understanding the cognitive functions of the mind as occasioned by the 36 physical categories constitutes the first task or stage called tattva rupam.
- Understanding that these are inert instruments, not the conscious self. This is called tattva darshanam.
- Variable states of experience like waking, dreaming and sleeping are distinguished from the constant self. This is called tattva shuddhi.
- The soul knows itself as essentially free from accidental adjuncts. This is atma roopam.
- The soul’s self-appreciation called atma darshanam.
- The soul stands, bereft of all ego and self-will, makes no decision and initiates no action of its own. This is atma shuddhi.
- As a result of the instruction by the preceptor, awareness dawns that it is the grace of God that breaks the soul’s identification with body mind. This is called Shiva roopam.
- Soon this self-esteem is abandoned and the soul acknowledges that the Lord’s grace alone was really the cause of release. This is Shiva darshanam.
- Then the soul is made aware of the Lord’s primacy and power to draw it to Himself in a unifying experience. This is Shiva Yogah.
- Lastly, the soul stays wholly in blissful love towards Shiva. This is Shiva Bhogah. Since this is the summum bonum for the soul, this is also known as atma-labhah. This state is not a post-mortem condition, but attainable even while one lives in the body. These ten tasks and stages are explained by Umapati.
Source
The Parakhyatantra – A Scripture of the Saiva Siddhanta (2004) Dominic Goodall – French Institute of Pondicherry and Ecole franaise d’Estreme-Orient (Puducherry).
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