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of the second, third or of the fourth class. If we elevate the pitch of good mental feelings to the summit by a dash from the base, the strength of those painful molecules of Karma of the fourth class will not merely weaken to that of the third or the second class but will even go lower to that of the first class. Ah ! the strength of even fhe first category may be snapped. How powerless and helpless are these Karmas that attach to the soul in this state. What pain could these helpless molecules of Karma cause to the soul after the expiry of the dormant state of these time-bombs of Karma. Ah ! their power to cause pain has been totally annihilated. Would not the ferocious strength of a python, if kept hungry for months together, be destroyed ? If it is then let free, what harm could it do? Would it not then be a python merely in appearance ? As orherwise, it would not have strength enough even to strike a fly.
However what would happen when these powerless time bombs of Karma explode ? Nothing ! Ah ! could they be said to have exploded? They may be called merely damp squibs.
Let me explain all this matter more fully. A man committed such a mistake in the past that the nature of the molecules of Karma that stuck to his soul at the time was determined as one of making him a dog in the subsequent life. Afterwards good sense dawned in him, as a result of the company of a religious preceptor and renouncing wealth and pleasure, he embraced a saintly life. In this life by his preachings, he admonished a number of people and the upsurge of his good feelings rocketed to the sky. As a result, it so happened that the nature of many molecules of Karma which was to cause diverse pains was entirely transformed into the one of givng happiness. But somehow or other, the nature of Karma which was to turn him into a dog did not come under its forceful impact and merely received a jolt. As a result, its nature was not converted, but the strength that lay in it was shattered.
This man after death again got human birth. It so happened in this life that the time-bomb of the molecules of Karma rendered
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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 |