Jainism the Creed for All Times

SR No.: 006564
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: D S Baya
Publisher: Prakrit Bharti Academy
Publication Year: 2006
Total Pages: 420
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 20 MB

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A. Nature Of Bondage or Quality-bondage (Prakrti
Bandha) - According to the type of activity and psychic state at the time of bonding of karma-matter with the soul, it gets converted into any one or more of the following eight types of karma-matter that bonds with the soul and that decides the nature of retribution it will ultimately yield when it comes to fruition. These eight types are -
Knowledge obscuring (Iñānāvaranīya) karma,
Vision obscuring (Darśanāvaranīya) karma, iii Feeling producing (Vedanīya) karma, iv Deluding (Mohanīya) karma, V Life-span determining (Ayu) karma, vi Physique determining (Nāma) karma, vii Status determining (Gotra) karma, and viii Obstructive (Antarāya) karma.
B. Duration Of Bondage (Sthiti-Bandha) -- Each of the
above mentioned eight types of karmic bondage remains bonded with the soul before it separates from the soul after yielding its fruition. This period is known as duration
(sthiti) of that type of karmic bondage. C. Potency Of bondage (Anubhāga-Bandha) - The
intensity with which a particular type of karma yields its fruition is called its potency of bonding or anubhāga. It goes without saying that this potency and resultant intensity of retribution depends upon the intensity of the
passions with which such karmic bonds are bonded. D. Magnitude Of Bondage or Quantity-bondage
(Pradeśa-Bandha) - the amount of different types of karma-matter that gets bonded with the soul due to certain action is said to be the magnitude of that particular bondage or Pradeśa-bandha. On this magnitude depends
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