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A Treatise on Jainism (Dwesha). The fruits of Karmas i.e. actions would be good or bad according to the nature of actions (good or bad) done. One who has self control and can desist from acquiring Karmas i.e. one who has no attachment or hatred is called Jina and the religion which teaches us to become a Jina is known as Jainism. Those who follow this religion are Jains. To follow the Path of Liberation it is tiot necessary to be born a Jain. However one should lead a life which is in accord with Jainism and conforms to the type and measure of faith, knowledge and conduct leading to the Goal and if that be so the soul may be sure that he or she is a Liberable being and on a Path to Truth and Freedom from the miseries and limitations of embodied existence.
One would ask how many types of Karmas exist ? How they bind the soul ? How their fruits are realised and how they wear away or get destroyed. All this is shown in details in the Jain Shastras. Karmas can be divided into 8 main classes. They have 148 sub classes. The main classes are as under :(1) Jnanavarneeya, Knowledge-obscuring
Karma is that matter which obscures the
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