| Stage or khand | Knowledge type | Source of Learning | Stage of Mental development | Haumain disposition | Trishna disposition | Mode of Interface with the creation | Social orientation | Response to Societal ills |
| Dharma | Received, perceived, customary or conventional | Instincts & experience of empirical world | Aware of hukam, variety, diversity | Self interest driven | Driver | Interactive, tribal, self centered | Protective self preservation, competitive | Reactive, defensive |
| Gyan | Acquired, learnt, cognitive | Search, seek conceptual world through reason, intellect and open mind | Experience higher truths & understand inter connectedness | Controlled through sensitivity about others | Reasoned level thru frugality, austerity, choice | Inclusive, empathetic, friendly | Acceptance of diversity and variety in creation & its significance | Rational, measured, corrective, justice seeking |
| Saram | Contemplative, reflective, thought, felt, aesthetic | Effort at inner withdrawal to contemplate & reflect on spiritual world | Consciousness molded to comprehend innate beauty, harmony in creation | Subdued by the surge of goodwill for all | Contented with what God gives | Joyful, ecstatic, fraternal, appreciative | Appreciation of balance, beauty and harmony in diversity & variety | Righteous, proactive, sensitive to other’s cause |
| Karam | Metaphysical, Immediate, Internalized, transcends human reason, action | Intuitive insight through God’s Grace | Energized by bliss and balance | Exhumed, by spirit of service to God’s purpose | Sharing, caring, giving | Altruistic, helping, serving, nurturing | Treat all variety & diversity stemming from one source | Willing to sacrifice to protect the weak & oppressed |
| Sach | Divine, Revelatory, Truth, integrative, apex | Directly from Creative Spirit | Understand how divine will works – hukam | Merges with & surrenders to God’s will | Providing | Seeing Divine light in all | None stranger or enemy, love for all | Not afraid ready to give life for peace & justice |
