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been dealt with in the third chapter while describing Samvara and Nirjara.
Let us show the special thought-activities for the bondage of each of the eight karmas. They are the special causes for the karmic bondage of a special karma.
1. Causes for the bondage of knowledge and conation obscuring karmas :... (1) Displeasure on hearing truth (2) concealment of knowledge, not allowing others to ask him and take his time (3) not to teach others due to malice (4) to make obstructions to the progress of true knowledge (5) to dishonour the learned and the learning (6) to falsify the truth by misleading arguments. II. Causes for the bondage of pain-feeling karmas :
(1) to feel pain or to make others painful. (2) to be sorry or to make others feel
sorry. (3) to feel remorse or make others remorseful. (4) to weep or make others weep. (5) to cry in a way to arouse compassion for
him in others or to make others cry
in such a way. (6) to beat or to kill, etc. 111. Causes for the bondage of pleasure-feeling karmas :
(1) to have compassion for all the beings (2) to feel great regard for the Vowful (3) to give charity of food,
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