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________________ 142 KARMA - THE MECHANISM SUTRAS SUTRA 2 स गुप्तिसमितिधर्मानुप्रेक्षापरीषहजयचारित्रैः ॥ २ ॥ Sa guptisamitidharmanuprekshaparisahajayacharitraih (2) By - conducting our activities consciously (gupti) - being aware of our personal behavior (samiti) - considering the needs of others (dharma) - rethinking our own situation (anupreksa) - persevering at the confrontation with obstacles (parisah-jaya) - directing our actions towards reaching freedom from all karmic influences (charitra) we stop the attachment of (new) karma. (2) These six mechanisms are explained from sutra 4 onwards. SUTRA 3 duh FASTT TT 311 Tapasa nirjara cha (3) The intentional confrontation (tapas - the burning) of karma dissolves existing karma and prevents the binding of new karma. (3) The first two sutras describe how to prevent the acquisition of new karma. This is the first and most important step towards dissolving all karma. Yet this process leaves the dissolution of all our existing karma to its natural course. 'Natural course' means that our existing karma will dispel only at its time of natural manifestation - i.e. when the conditions for its activation arise on their own. Unfortunately much time may pass till this occurs. This process is characterized by Jain Education International For Personal & Private Use Only www.jainelibrary.org
SR No.006913
Book TitleKarma the Mechanism
Original Sutra AuthorN/A
AuthorHermann Kuhn
PublisherCrosswind Publishing Germany
Publication Year
Total Pages244
LanguageEnglish
ClassificationBook_English & Tattvartha Sutra
File Size16 MB
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