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Chapter 8 - Sutra 24
Actions do not produce effects. Similarly, the perception (darshan) obscuration (avarana) envelops the power of perception either strongly or weakly, but the obscuration of knowledge (jnana) does not affect the actions of other karmas. The rule of the bondage of karmas to produce fruits according to their nature applies only to the fundamental substances (mulaprakrities), not to the subsequent modifications (uttarpravrittis); because any subsequent modification of a karma can transform into another subsequent modification of that same karma, thereby making the perception of the first provide fruits that vary in intensity based on the nature of the transformed subsequent modification. For example, when the obscuration of knowledge (matijnanavarna) acquires a similar subsequent modification such as that of the obscuration of scripture (shrutajnana), then the perception (anu bhava) associated with matijnanavarna functions according to the nature of the shrutajnana or other types of knowledge such as avadhi (clairvoyance). There are some subsequent modifications that, while being similar, do not transform into one another. For instance, darshan-moha (delusion of perception) does not transform into charitra-moha (delusion of conduct) or vice versa; similarly, naraka (hellish) lifespan does not transform into tiryanch (animal) lifespan, nor does that lifespan transform into any other type of lifespan. As a transformation of nature, even after the bondage-time, there is a change in the essence and condition; intense essence can become weak, and weak essence can become intense, as well as a condition can ascend from base to sublime and from sublime to base.
Thus, when the fruit of an action is experienced as intense or weak based on the perception, that action is released from the soul's disposition and does not remain attached. Hence, that cessation of action constitutes the release.