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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Karma that have unified indistinguishably with the soul under the impact of either highly beneficial or most dreadful sinister feelings during their dormant state. But this happens in respect of very few stocks of Karmas. Because exalted good feelings or those most dreadfully wicked are experienced only at times. Hence ordinarily it is possible to effect changes in the nature of many stocks of Karmas during their dormant condition..
After the above elaboration, you must have understood that the Karma philosophy of the Jain religion is not the fatalistic philosophy of rustic dames. It is not the philosophy of inaction but it is a philosophy of mighty activism.
One who apprehends the philosophy of Karma of Jain religion in its true perspective becomes a practitioner of activities. Every true Jain is an author like the great saint Vyas of the Gita (Gospel) of high kind of activism.
STRENGTH DETERMINATION :
We have already discussed the nature and duration of the molecules of Karma sticking to the soul. Now we discuss about their strength.
The soul that has not attained its perfectly purified state is still impure. In such a condition, new accretions of Karma occur every moment to the existing stocks of Karma lying in the soul. The time-bombs of old piles of Karma explode on maturity and make their far-reaching effects felt on the soul and then fall out and are scattered in the air. The nature of strength of the fresh molecules of Karma that unite with the soul every moment is determined at the very time of adherence. The nature of this strength is determined according to the mental vibrations of a particular soul. There are innumerable kinds of strength in the world such as the strength of an ant, the strength of a black ant, the strength of a she-goat, the strength of a cow, the strength of a camel, the strength of a jackal, of a lion, of an infant, of a youth, of a sepoy, of a Prime Minister, a Secretary General of the United Nations etc. Similarly varying kinds of
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