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SUTRAS
ATTRACTION TO KARMA
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The means we use for carrying out an action
The physical medium - body, speech or mind - we use for carrying out an action also influences its karmic effects.
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These first nine sutras describe the general mechanisms that attach karmic matter to our interactive karmic field. Knowing these mechanisms enables us to identify what types of action attract karma and how our moods and emotions intensify karmic effects. Where before we saw ourselves as victims of a seemingly erratic and uncontrollable 'fate', we now can actively check negative effects and consciously apply these mechanisms for our growth.
The chapter continues to describe types of actions and attitudes that cause more intense and long lasting attachment between karma and our consciousness.
SUTRA 10 तत्प्रदोषनिन्हवमात्सर्यान्तरायासादनोपघाताज्ञानदर्शनावरणयोः 11 90 11 Tatpradosa ninhava matsaryan taraya sadanopaghata jnanadarshana varanayoh (10) - Rejecting, consciously ignoring or a negative attitude towards
knowledge14 - withholding knowledge - refusing to impart knowledge out of envy or jealousy
14 Knowledge here primarily means 'the know-how that helps us to
reach more advanced stages of development'. But we produce similar karmic results, if we direct the actions and attitudes mentioned in the
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