Karma Philosophy In Jainism

SR No.: 007016
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Chandrashekharvijay, Chunilal Vrajlal Modi
Publisher: Kamal Prakashan
Publication Year: 1978
Total Pages: 84
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 7 MB

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CHAPTER V
BONDAGE OF KARMA
Friends, let us proceed a step further.
We have already examined the causes which impel Karmic particles to stick to the soul.
It has already been explained that there is no independent entity like the agency of God which dispenses unhappiness, happiness etc. to human beings. Certainly, God is an object of service and ideal of attainment. But He is not the Architect of the world.
The question then arises, how are we to account for the diversities and disabilities visible in worldly souls ? By whom are the latter subjected to woe and joy, birth, death, disease, sorrow etc ? The omniscient Lord Jina ordains that all these occurrences are the wondrous work of Karma. In the technological parlance of the present day, it may be said that Karmas are self-propelled automatons. In unifying with the soul, they settle down in an ordered arrangement. Thereafter, they function automatically every moment.
When Karmas stick to the soul, they get assimilated with it like water with milk. At the time of this fusion, four states of Karmic particles are determined.
The bondage of Karma with the soul means that the soul gets bound in a fourfold manner by Karma. In a general sense, bondage means the determination of the quadruple states of Karma that bind the soul and on the basis of this meaning, we proceed further.
With the adherence of particules of Katma to the soul, their four states are automatically determined (1) the nature of these particles, (2) their duration (3) their strength in awarding fruit and (4) their quantity )
In the determination of the nature of Karmic particles adhering to the soul, the principal role is played by the power
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