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KARMA PHILOSOPHY
GROUP 13. 4 Anupurvi nāma karmas, namely:
· 70. That karma by which the direction of the living being, at death, is determined towards the place of the Devas. (There must be some force which causes the person at death to travel in the right direction to reach his next destination, whether to another planet or elsewhere, and it is this karma.)
71. That karina which determines the direction of the living being at death towards the place of the Narakas.
72. That karma which determines the right direction of travel at death, for the entity to go to the place of the human beings. 73. ditto animals, (tirganchas).
GROUP 14, 2 Vihyo gats nāma karmas, namely:
74. That karma by reason of which the gait is bad. (As for instance, when the feet are turned inwards and are dragged along shuffling.)
75. That karma by reason of which the gait is good.
That completes the first batch of 14 groups of 'collective' persyn ality or nama karma Now follow
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