First Steps to Jainism Part 1

SR No.: 001640
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Sancheti Asso Lal, Manakmal Bhandari
Publisher: Sancheti Trust Jodhpur
Publication Year: 2002
Total Pages: 300
Language: English
Classification: Book_English, Religion, & Education
File Size: 10 MB

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The Doctrine of Karma 35
some type or other. However, such attachment may be of noble type which is called Prashast Raag. Further the control over the passions or making them dormant (upshama) may also result in Happy or auspicious Karma Bondage or Punya. The reason for terming such Karma as Shubh or Punya is that they provide further opportunity for emancipation of the soul from Karma through prevention (Sanwar) and separation (Nirjara). However, it may be reiterated that even the best of Shubh Karma or Punya even Teerthankar Naam Karma is inferior to Nirjara or destruction of Karma - strictly from the point of view of spiritual development.
41. Out of the approximately hundred varieties of nature Bondage or Prakriti Bandh some are considered as happy types or shubh or Punya Prakrities and some are termed as unhappy or Ashubh or Paap Prakrities. Though there are some minor differences in the exact classification the following examples will illustrate the two categories :
Kinds of Karma
Shubh or Happy nature
Ashubh or Unhappy nature
(i) Knowledge obscuring NIL
All the five sub(Gyanavarnia)
types i) Perception obscuring NIL
All the nine sub(Darshanavarniya)
types (iii) Feeling producing Pleasure producing Displeasure producing (Vedniya)
(Sata vedniya)
(Asata Vedniya) (iv) Deluding (Mohan ya) (a) Faith deluding All other twenty four
(Samyaktva) sub-categories (b) Laughter (Hasya) (C) Attraction (Rati) (d) Masculine (N.B. All 28 categories (Purushved) are considered unhappy
by some authorities) (v) Life Span (Aayu) (a) Godly life span
(b) Human life span Hell life span
(c) Animal life span (vi) Physique Determining As stated earlier (Para 25 F) Happy Physique (Naam)
Karma includes those categories (out of 93 subcategories of this Karma) which makes for happi -ness and satisfaction of the being, and the others