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Some stick to the soul with still more rigidity like a needle that is hammered to a piece of iron.
(While some in adherence are fused with the soul like a needle and a piece of iron that are melted together and combined.
(In the above instances, changes in particles of Karma in the first three cases are possible during their dormant state. But no change is possible in the nature, duration and strength of particles of Karma that stick to the soul in the manner of the fourth instance. If the nature determined is good, it will remain good; (if the period of stay is determined a hundred years, it will remain hundred years; the strength of the particles once. determined will remain the same.
Friends, you may ask why it so happens. The answer is that this is determined by the intensity of the upsurge of good or bad feelings of the soul while indrawing particles of Karma) Suppose ten men each commit a murder on the same day. Each of the ten have committed murder; all will be considered equally. guilty in the eye of law as murderers. But murders differ in their nature. One committed murder by tying a rope round the neck, the second by stabbing, the third by cutting the victim to pieces, the fourth by pounding the head. We can visualise wickedness of the deed from the intensity of emotions of the different murderers underlying the different modes of murders. The prima facie assumption would be that the mentality of the one who committed murder by cutting the body to pieces must be considered exceedingly cruel.
Let us take another illustration. Ten men donate charities. One gives two hundred rupees much against his will; the second gives also two hundred but with great exhilaration; the third gives twelve hundred in place of two hundred; the fourth gives only one hundred, which constitutes the entire savings of his whole life. Well, the spirit underlying each donation is different. Truly, the fourth has donated only a hundred rupees but his mental feeling excels that of others in the act of donation.)
In this manner the upsurge of mental feelings underlying good and evil deeds determines the nature of the particles of
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| SR No. | 007016 |
| Book Title | Karma Philosophy In Jainism |
| 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 |