Nandanvana

SR No.: 006597
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: N L Jain
Publisher: Parshwanath Vidyapith
Publication Year: 2005
Total Pages: 592
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 25 MB

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(c) Bondage and its Causes
The attractions, influx or åśrava of karmas towards the living has not much effect until it gets bonded with the living. It is the bonding, which is responsible for denaturation or obstruction of the natural qualities of the living. The living and the karmas - both are inaterial. Hence the new matter could unite with the existing matter either by addition or by substitution process. The process could be physical or loose bonding and chemical or tight bonding. Though the union of individual species of karmic matter requires special passions and activities, still, there are some general passions, which respond to bonding of each type. The literature mentions many causes for it varying from one of five in number. 38 These numbers have grown arbitrarily and current views stand on five causes - wrong faith, activity, passions, vowlessness and indifference. It is stated that passions associated with different colorations are the most important cause. Due to these, the surrounding fine particles are transformed into karma vargaņās like sugar in alcohol. 39 These fluid-like passions catalyse the conversion and association with the living. This association is not like the clothes on the body or cover on the serpent, which have no binding agents in between 40 karma and the living are bonded together with the help of gum, oil, rope-like passions. 4. This is said to be homogenous like milk-water or hotness in iron. These examples suggest the bonding process to be physical requiring simpler methods for the separation. This does not seem to be correct as much harder and austerer processes are involved in removing this bond supposed to be very strong. It seems that the conversion of fine matter in kārmaņa vargaņā is a chemical process involving interfusion leading to more fineness and compactness. 42 The living and karmas are cyclically related through passions. Passions influx karmas and karmas cause passions. In the process, new karmas are being assimilated and the attached ones might be leaving the system by various means. Thus, bonding and dissociation processes go on simultaneously. The present living is the resultant of the two. Table 3 gives sub-classifications of the five causes of bonding.