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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e. The share of the 'Deluding (Mohanīya) karma’ is more
still, and f. That of the ‘Feeling producing (Vedaniya) karma’ is the
greatest.
The amounts of karma-matter in these eight categories gets further divided into their sub-categories. Intensity Of Karmic Bondage (Anubhāga Bandha) -
According to the Taina Karma Theory' the intensity of karmic bondage depends upon the intensity of passions while performing the activities that bond it. The soul under the influence of more intense passions will incur more intense karmic bondage and the one with less intense ones will bond the karmic bondage of lesser intensity. In other words the greater the intensity of inauspicious psychic dispositions, the greater will be the intensity of the painful retribution yielding karmic bondage or sin. On the other hand the soul under the influence of highly intense pious volitional disposition will bond very intense pleasurable fruition yielding karmic bondage or piety. The intensity of pious karma is inversely proportional to that of the sinful ones and vice versa. Duration Of Karmic Bondage (Sthiti Bandha)
The time-period for which any bonded karma remains associated with the soul before its separation therefrom is called Duration Of Bondage' or 'Sthiti Bandia'. This period of association is described in terms of minimum and maximum possible in respect of each type of karmic bondage. In Jaina terminology the minimum possible period of association for a particular type of karma is termed as its “Jaghanya Sthiti'and the maximum possible one as 'Utkrsta Sthiti'. The maximum and minimum possible periods of association in respect of each type of karma are as follows: -
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