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CHAPTER XXVII.
BANDHA OR BONDAGE. Bandha-Its Classifitation--Possibilities of Bandha -Refutation of the Theory of Parallelism and Dualism Bandha is without beginning-Causes of Bandha-Mithyatva or Subreption-Definition of Subreption-Forms and Kinds of Subreption-Possi. bilities of Subreption--Psychology and Philosophy of Subreption.
In the preceeding pages we have seen what the Jains mean by Asrava or Influx. Influx is the Aowing of the Karmacurrents into the soul. And when the Karma particles which have flowed into the soul coalesce with the same, it is called Bandha or bondage. It is the interpenetration, as it were, into each other's spheres of soul and Karma-matter making both appear as self-same with each other. And like Asrava, this Bandha, which is but another name for the self-sameness of the soul and Karma-matter, is also distinguished into Bhava (subjective) and Dravya (objective).
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