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Aura : A Theoretical and Practical Research intensity, karmic knots are of four types:
(1) Sprsta, (non-adhesive) (2) Baddha, (mildly adhesive) (3) Nidhatta (super-adhesive) and (4) Nikācita (quasi-insoluble). One is not bound to pay for the first three kinds of Karma. Only Nikācita Karma has to be paid for inevitably, However, in his final birth a human being can free himself of this Nikācita karma too, by the means of penance.
(1) When any human being performs any deed in a state of ignorance or unconsciousness, e. g. as when one tramples upon ants while walking on the road, he is bound by Sprsta, (non-adhesive) karma. A Sprşta, (nonadhesive) karma bond is very loose. It is like a turmeric stain on a newly woven cloth or like a heap of needles. Just as the stain can be easily removed or the needles in a heap easily separated, Sprsta, (non-adhesive) karma can be easily dissolved by simple religious rituals like Micchā Mi Dukkadam (ATOT 705) (seeking forgiveness) or Pratikramaņa (confessing and condemning ones' own sins).
(2) Baddha karma i.e. karma done under inevitable circumstances or under compulsion, binds the soul like a turmeric stain on a wet cloth. It is generally compared to a bundle of needles tied by a string. The undoing of this knot needs Prāyaścitta (remorse and expiation ) under spiritual guidance, a bit more of effort in the form of Jāpa etc., dissolves this knot.
(3) When a human being commits a sin on his own will but takes no pride in doing so, he gets entangled in Nidhatta karma. This super adhesive karma is like a turmeric stain
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