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The Science of Reincarnation,
The Toll of Karma
life. Life form could be any type. There are millions of life forms and depending on the extent of the power of Ayu Karma life form changes, one can be free from a particular form of life only by the phenomenon of death. The present form of life we have is due to these Ayu Karma and there is no way out
6. Nam Karma (Karma that directs functions of physical body & species for reincarnation)
This class of Karma is responsible for classifying various forms of species for life to exist. The life form could be human, animal, bacterial, plant or any other living or non living form. It is like an artist who paints several different paintings with a few colors and a brush. The quality of each color and the way it is painted gives several different paintings which are altogether different to each other.
With the help of Nam Karma, mother nature designs various forms of life. Whatever astonishing phenomenon we see everyday in various life forms has resulted due to Nam Karma. Ancient Jain Agam literature has clearly classified Nam Karma into several classes and subclasses. Without going into much detail, we shall mention only the 42 classes of Nam Karma as follows:
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