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## Twenty-third Karma-pada: Asatavedaniya Karma
Asatavedaniya karma is similar to the eightfold experience (vipaka) of the sevenfold experience (satavedaniya), but it is opposite to the satavedaniya experience. When the body experiences the pain of substances like poison, weapons, thorns, etc., or the pain of unhealthy or bland food, or the pain of natural occurrences like cold, heat, and sunstroke, the mind becomes unfocused, the body experiences pain, and the speech also expresses the pain. This is the experience of Asatavedaniya karma. The arising of Asatavedaniya karma results in a painful (duhkharupa) fruit. This is the explanation of the arising of Asatavedaniya karma. However, the pain experienced due to the arising of Asatavedaniya karma-pudgalas without any external cause is the natural arising of Asatavedaniya karma.
## Fivefold Experience of Mohamiya Karma: What, Why, and How?
As explained earlier, there are five types of experiences of the specific Mohamiya karma bound to the soul: (1) Samyaktva-vedaniya, (2) Mithyatva-vedaniya, (3) Samyag-Mithyatva-vedaniya, (4) Kshaya-vedaniya, and (5) No-Kshaya-vedaniya. Their nature is as follows:
* **Samyaktva-vedaniya:** The Mohamiya karma that is capable of being experienced as Samyaktva (right faith) is called Samyaktva-vedaniya. This means that the experience of this karma leads to the result of calmness, etc.
* **Mithyatva-vedaniya:** The Mohamiya karma that is capable of being experienced as Mithyatva (wrong faith) is called Mithyatva-vedaniya. This means that the experience of this karma leads to a distorted view, i.e., believing in gods, etc., where there are none.
* **Samyaktva-Mithyatva-vedaniya:** The karma that leads to a mixed result of Samyaktva and Mithyatva is called Samyaktva-Mithyatva-vedaniya.
* **Kshaya-vedaniya:** The karma that causes the experience of anger, etc., is called Kshaya-vedaniya.
* **No-Kshaya-vedaniya:** The karma that causes the experience of laughter, etc., is called No-Kshaya-vedaniya.
## Explanation of the Arising of Mohamiya Karma:
The experience of a particular substance or many substances, or the experience of a particular result of a substance, which is capable of absorbing a specific karma-pudgala and is in accordance with the place, time, and food, leads to the arising of Mohamiya karma. For example, the consumption of food like Brahmi leads to the destruction and calming of the Jnanavaraniya karma. This clearly shows that sometimes, the specific transformation of food can also bring about a change in the karma-pudgalas. It is also said:
"The arising, destruction, destruction-calming, and calming of karma, as mentioned, are caused by the substance, field, time, feeling, and existence, or they occur naturally." (1)
This means that the arising, destruction, destruction-calming, and calming of karma are caused by the substance, field, time, feeling, and existence, or they occur naturally. The experience of a particular result of a substance, like seeing the changes in clouds in the sky, causes a particular experience in humans.
(1) Prajnapana Sutra, Prameyabodhini Tika, Bha. 5, p. 204-205.