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________________ SUTRAS TEXT OF THE SUTRAS (3) 183 - unwillingness to accept necessary help from others or to ask for support (overcoming our pride) - failure in the attempt to obtain help - illness - pain - lack of sincerity (the spoiling of our intentions) - praise (by someone whose admiration we disprove) or irrev erence (by someone whose opinion we value) - vanity (because of our great learning) - lack of knowledge, ignorance (the feeling that we never have sufficient knowledge for a successful pursuit of our path to liberation) - disappointment at the effectiveness of our knowledge (be cause we fail to gain supernatural powers). (10) In the tenth stage of development (suksma sampararaya) only 14 obstacles may occur. (11) In the thirteenth stage of development (sayogakevali) 11 obsta cles may occur. (12) As long as we experience the more intense forms of anger, pride, deceit and greed, all obstacles may occur. (13) - Vanity because of our own great learning as well as - ignorance are both manifestations of karma that blocks or restricts our ac cess to knowledge. (14) Disappointment at the effectiveness of our knowledge and lack of support are manifestations of karmas that prevent insight and understanding and cause obstruction in life. 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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