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BANDHA OR BONDAGE.
eight fundamental kinds of Karmas classified into Ghatin and Aghatin (for a detailed discussion of which the reader is refered to Our chapter on the Classification of Karmas,) and the soul on the other interpenetrate into each others spheres appearing thereby as self-same with each other, it is called Prakriti bandha.
(B) Sthiti Bandha-The word Sthiti means here protentiveness. The The sages hold that all the different kinds of Karma which get into the soul and remain there in relation of identity (Tadatma sambandh) with it, do not stand there in this relation for all time to come. They often fall away and thus break off their relationship with the soul; but they do not fall off all at a time. According to certain causes and conditions some fall off while others yet remain there standing in the same relation. And when we speak with reference to
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