Practical Path

SR No.: 006703
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Champat Rai Jain
Publisher: ZZZ Unknown
Publication Year: 1917
Total Pages: 268
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 11 MB

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THE PRACTICAL PATH.
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188 (34) Subhaga-nâma-karma is an energy which makes
one the object of love by others. 184 (35) Durbhaga-nama-karma acts in the opposite way
to the subhaga prakriti.
(36) Susvara renders speech agreeable and melodious.
(37) Dusvara makes the voice croaky and unpleas
ant to hear. 187 (38) Âdeya imparts radiance and glow to the body.
(39) Anâdeya makes a body devoid of radiance or
glow. 189 (40) Yashakîrti makes one popular in the world. 140 (41) Ayashakerti operates in the opposite way, and
makes one unpopular. 141
(42) Tirthamkara-nâma-karma raises one to the sup
reme status of a tirthankara (God). 142-148 VII. Gotra karmas are of two kinds, that which
secures one's birth in a noble, influential or prosperous family (uchcha gotra), and that which drags the soul into opposite kinds of surroundings (nicha gotra).
VIII. Antaraya karmas comprise the following five
kinds of karmic energy :144. (i) that which interferes with the making of gifts,
though we may be willing to do so, 145. (ii) that which steps in to deprive us of gain, though
we might do all in our power to deserve it, 146
(iii) that which prevents one's enjoying things
which can be enjoyed only once, such as food, 147 (iv) that which interferes in the enjoyment of things
which may be enjoyed more than once, such as pictures, and