Karma the Mechanism

SR No.: 006913
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Hermann Kuhn
Publisher: Crosswind Publishing Germany
Total Pages: 244
Language: English
Classification: Book_English & Tattvartha Sutra
File Size: 16 MB

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SUTRAS
THE NATURE OF KARMIC BONDS
SUTRA 1 मिथ्यादर्शनाविरतिप्रमादकषाययोगा बन्धहेतवः ॥ १ ॥ Mithyadarshanaviratipramadakasayayoga bandhahetavah (1) Five factors attach karmic mechanisms to our consciousness: - misunderstanding how this world really functions (mithya
darsana) - our tendency to remain in this state of delusion, error and flawed concepts (though we are offered opportunities to end this state) (avirati) - carelessness in our thinking, speech and action (pramada) - unchecked negative emotions (ksaya) - the activities of our body, speech and mind (yoga). (1)
Misunderstanding how this world really functions is caused by five factors: 1 - One-sided perspective - We see the world (beings, things, situa
tions, events, concepts etc.) from one particular angle only and ignore its abundance and many-faceted diversity.
When our mind or heart is captured by a one-sided perspective, we project one particular model onto everything we experience. This one model usually excludes all other viewpoints or prevents us from recognizing their validity. Though events may happen right before our eyes that totally conflict with our cherished model, we are incapable of learning from them.1
1 One example: Intuitive phenomena like intuition, communication without words, premonitions and sudden, more comprehensive understanding are quite common. We usually handle these phenomena effortlessly and without much thinking.
Yet since these experiences do not fit into the one-sided materialistic-mechanical model of science, it interprets them as strange, unnatu