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Chapter sutra 6
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The intense attachment binds strongly. Performing an action with intention is called 'known disposition,' while performing an action without intention is referred to as 'unknown disposition.' Although the external actions in the known and unknown dispositions are the same, they still differ in karmic bondage. For example, if a person aims an arrow at a deer believing it to be a deer, but mistakenly shoots it at an inanimate target, the karmic bondage of the one who acts with intent is more intense than that of the one who makes a mistake.
Power (specific strength) also becomes a cause of the peculiarities of karmic bondage. For instance, a strong person can easily and enthusiastically perform good actions such as charity and service, or bad actions like violence and thievery; however, a weaker person finds the same actions difficult and performs them with less enthusiasm. Therefore, the karmic bondage of a weak person is less severe compared to that of a strong one, whether in good or bad actions.
The various distinctions related to living beings will be discussed; their specificities also lead to a difference in karmic bondage. For instance, if one person performing a bad deed like murder or theft possesses a more powerful weapon than another person who is performing a good deed such as protecting property with a regular weapon, the one with the powerful weapon is likely to have more intense karmic bondage than the one with the ordinary weapon, as there is a certain heightened intensity associated with the powerful weapon.
Even though there may be similarity in external actions, the disparity that arises in karmic bondage is due to strength.