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act as fevicol or cementing force leading to the bondage. These wrong perceptions further block the blossoming in full of the properties of the soul. These unreal perceptions thus prevent realisation of one self. Only 'real' or 'true' nature of objects should be realised if one's understanding/knowledge has to remain pure or healthy. Knowing the self and knowing things around us are two sides of the same coin. Either both of these will be perceived in right manner or both will be misunderstood. Perfect/partial understanding of one facilitates perfect/partial understanding of the other. The wrong perceptions are of innumerable degrees and affect in a myriad of ways in one's cycle of life and death. However, these are broadly categorised into eight groups as follows:
Karmas blocking absolute knowledge, absolute vision, absolute self-realisation, realisation of the goal, bliss/ecstasy and cause pains and pleasures, cause life-span (age), cause different body names and those that cause low/high status.
This eight-fold karma classification covers in general everything that happens in one's life. One may like to know, see, acquire every thing in the universe and also feel always happy, achieve desired goals, live for ever, get the best possible body and highest status in life. But all these desires are never completely fulfilled and its fulfilment is limited by karmas. One becomes a helpless observer at the events that take place in one's life. These desires cause perpetual sickness of soul and the stages of sickness vary depending upon the type of species and external conditions under which a life is born due to its own karma.
Thus, it could be observed that eight prominent properties of soul, viz., absolute knowledge, absolute vision, absolute self-realisation, absolute vigour, absolute bliss, permanent abode, absolute subleties and absolute status do not surface or manifest themselves unless their counterpart karmas, which are alien to the soul are removed through some process of surgery/purification/operation of the self.
It is important that we appreciate and understand the things that exist around us in the Universe. Just as we talk of scanning the environment in any scientific study, it is important in the spiritual sphere to do the same. Spiritual Science (Science of non
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| SR No. | 007643 |
| Book Title | Kundakunda Acharya and Jain Philosophy |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Jayantilal Jain |
| Publisher | Research Foundation for Jainology Chennai |
| Publication Year | 1997 |
| Total Pages | 66 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 3 MB |