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KARMAS AND THEIR FRUITS
medicine, knowledge and safety to the deserving pious men with honour and to the distressed through compassion (4) to follow rules of conduct of a saint (5) to follow rules of conduct of a layman (6) to practise meditation (7) to forgive others (8) to feel contentment
etc.
IV. Causes for the bondage of deluding karmas:—
(1) To find fault with and speek ill of the true worshipful Lord, Teacher and the Truth itself (2) to have strong anger, pride, deceit and greed (3) to have strong laughter, indulgence, dissatisfaction, sorrow, fear and hatred (4) to have strong sex inclination, etc.
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V. Causes for the bondage of hellish age karma :— To earn money by unjust and ugly means, to have strong attachment for worldly possessions and not to spend money in charity and good works.
VI. Causes for the bondage of sub-human age karma :
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Deceit, e.g., cheating others and preaching false doctrines.
VII. Causes for the bondage of human-age karma :—
(1) to deal justly and with contentment, to have little attachment with the worldly possessions, to have natural modest feelings.
VIII. Causes for the bondage of Celestial-agekarma:
(1) to have firm right belief (2) to follow the rules of conduct of a saint (3) to follow the rules of conduct
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