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Q.VIII.22.14 A.VIII.22.14
Q.VIII.22.15
A.VIII.22.15
Q.VIII.22.16 A.VIII.22.16
Q.VIII.22.18 A.VIII.22.18
VFK% Meaning:
Q.VIII.23.1
A.VIII.23.1
Q.VIII.22.17 What is meant by mr nantik?
A.VIII.22.17
Q.VIII.23.2 A.VIII.23.2
Q.VIII.23.3 A.VIII.23.3
What is meant by place experience (kṣetravip k)?
The experience caused in the space points of the soul during transit from realm to another is called place experience.
Q.VIII.23.4 A.VIII.23.4
Which are the karma species that produce consciousness experience (j vavip k)?
These are as follows: 47 of the four obscuring karmas, 2 of feeling producing, 27 of the name karma for a total of 78 sub species.
Why has anta added to marana in the aphorism?
The word anta or end refers to a particular state of existence caused by death.
That which has death as its object is m r nantik.
What is voluntary pious-death (sallekhan )?
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It is making the physical body and the internal passions (kas activities (yoga) thin/weak by abandoning their sources gradually at the approach of death.
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rr'p futjk VIII.23 Tata ca nirjar
bl ds ckn deka dh futjk gks tkrh gå
After fruition (enjoyment), the karmas fall off or disappear.
What happens to karmas after fruition?
They get dissociated from the soul after fruition (producing pleasant or miserable experience).
What is meant by dissociation (nirjar )?
Like the food consumed after digestion get excreted, similarly the karmas after fruition get excreted or dissociated from the soul. This is dissociation.
How many types of dissociation are here?
It is of two types, namely with fruitions (savip ka) and without fruits (avip ka).
What is meant by dissociation with fruits?
Dissociation of Karmas after their rise yield fruits and on completion of the results they get dissociated from the soul. This is dissociation with fruits.
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