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Causes of Karmas.
Four general causes of karma have already been given, namely delusion (mithyatva), avirati, kashaya, and yoga (it is easier to use these names than to use a whole sentence in English for each cause ). But these causes are each subdivided in greater detail.
Mithyatva. There are five kinds of this cause,
namely:
1. Abhigraha mithyatva. It is a state of mind in which you stick to a false belief. You may not now it. If you think, speak, or act when in this state, you generate fresh karma [the kinds of karma which are generated by these causes are given in the next series of stages of Development following.]
2. Anabhigraha mithyatva. It is a state of mind in which a person thinks "well, this may be true, and also that may be true", or "All religious are true." He does not go into the matter.
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