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ÄYARO
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Consequences of Influx of Karma Particles
8. Only a person who does not comprehend and forswear
actions undergoes transmigration in various directions and intermediate directions, Loaded with the lot of accumulated kar ma particles, he wanders in all directions and intermediate directions, keeps on binding his soul to various genera and experiences (there) various sorts of feelings.
ANNOTATIONS 6, 8: These aphorisms furnish in short the essence of Bhagavān Mahāvira's ideology which may be summarised as follows: Indulging in actions and abstaining from them are respectively the causes of transmigration and its cessation. The succeeding Acaryas have expressed this view in the following verse:
Aśrvo bandhahetuh syat, Sarvaro mokşakaranam. Itīya marhati drșți
Ranyada syāḥ prapanchanam.. (Indulging in actions is the cause of the influx of Karma particles and hence the cause of bondage, while forswearing them is the cause of salvation. This is the essence of Bhagavan Mahavira's philosophy; everything else is merely elaboration).
कम्म-सोय-पदं
९. तत्थ खलु भगवया परिण्णा पवेइया। Kamma-soya-padań 9. Tattha khalu bhagavayā pariņņa paveiya. Fundamental Motives of Actions.
9. In the context of Karma-sa marambha, Bhagavān Maha
vira has taught discernment (i, e. first comprehension and then forswearing).
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