ĀTMĀNUŚĀSANA – PRECEPT ON THE SOUL by Ācārya GUṆABHADRA (ca. 818–900 A.D.) [9]
Gātha 7
The one who is bhāvya [note 1], i.e., has the potential to attain liberation; deliberates over the desirable life-course; is very fearful of misery; seeks real happiness; is endowed with sharp intellect including keen listening; and adopts, after due reflection, the benevolent Doctrine that is in conformity with the reason and the Scripture – such an unprejudiced disciple is worthy of listening to the discourse.
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Note 1:
The soul having the potential to acquire right faith that leads to liberation is called ‘bhāvya’. The subsidential (aupaśamika) and the destructional (kṣāyika) dispositions (bhāva) arise only in case of the potential (bhāvya) souls. But the third – mixed disposition of destruction-cum-subsidential (kṣāyopaśamika) – arises in case of the non-potential (abhavya) souls too; the non-potential (abhavya) souls are those not having the inherent capacity for liberation.
The soul that will attain right faith (samyagdarśana), etc., is called ‘bhāvya’ – endowed with the capacity for liberation. Or, it is endowed with bhavyatva. And the soul that will not attain right faith, and so on, is called ‘abhavya’ – not endowed with the capacity for liberation. Or, it is endowed with abhavyatva.
For more details see
‘Saṁvara [part 3427]’ note 3-5 https://www.facebook.com/groups/692614454130155/permalink/3125384684186441/?comment_id=3125390370852539, and
‘Saṁvara [part 590]’ note 4f kṣāyopaśama-bhāva as well as note 4e kṣayīka-bhāva https://www.facebook.com/groups/692614454130155/permalink/1008415719216692/?comment_id=1008419522549645.