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CLASSIFICATION OF KARMAS.
Karma, in its philosophical sense, is motion, vibration, action or 'action-currents' as Dr. J. C. Bose puts it. But in Jain Philo. sophy at least the word appears to bear a double signification viz., not only vibration or 'action-current' but also the materialised effects or vestiges in so far they affect the fate of the actor, continuing even beyond death and modifying his subsequent career. The Jain philosophy recognizes two distinct kinds of Karma or action-currents, namely, - A. Ghatin Karma or the Action-currents
of Injury B. Aghatin Karma or the Action-currents
of Non-injury. The reason why the former is called the action-current of injury and the latter, 'action-current' of non-injury, thanks to Dr. R Bose for teaching us the terms, consists in this: the esse of the soul as a metaphysical reality with infinite pradeshas as taught in our philosophy, viewed in its tripartite aspects, is infinite vision, infinite knowledge and infinite freedom, the attainment of which is the Summum
Ghatin Karma and Aghatin Karma.
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