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action is concieved in mind and not when actual action is taken. If this is so, we have to look at the intention with which a particulars action is taken. An example would clarify this point. For instance, a surgeon while conducting his operation does injuire you while cutting a part of your body but his intention is not to injure you. It is to cure you and therefore he is not considered liable for injuring you. Therefore if in our day to day life we perform our actions as part of our duty and without any attachment we do not earn any bondage. This is exactly what Shri Bhagavat Gita also teaches when it delcares that "Your right extends to the performance of your duties and not to the reaping of their fruits" Jain Seers proclaim that if you scrupulously follow the five principles of Panchsheel you will stop the whole inflow of Karmas. They call this this situation as "Samvar". The verb "Samvru" means to surround. If you surround all your actions with non attachment you totally stop the whole inflow of fresh karmas. Thereafter the question remains as to how the accumulation of past Karmas could be destroyed.
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