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154
Tatparthasūtra
[6. 8-10]
The specific nature of karmic bondage is determined by the intensity of kashāyika results, whether they are strong or weak. However, the characteristics of conscious activity and power are specifically linked to the unique nature of karmic bondage, which is manifested through the intensity of kashāyika results. Similarly, the mention of weapons as a specific attribute of karmic bondage also corresponds to the intensity of kashāyika results. 7.
Categories of substance (adhikaraṇa) are living (jīva) and non-living (ajīva). 8. The primary types of jīva-adhikaraṇa are sequentially manifesting as three types: initiation (saṃrambha), commencement (samārambha), and initiating processes (ārabha). In terms of association (yoga), there are three types; in terms of actions (kṛta), carried out (kārita), and permitted (anumata), there are three types; and in kashāya, there are four types. 9.
The non-living categories (ajīva-adhikaraṇa) correspond to two, four, two, and three classifications arising from non-conduct (nivartana), deposition (nikṣepa), conjunction (saṃyoga), and nature (nisarga). 10. Living and non-living are both forms of adhikaraṇa.
All auspicious and inauspicious actions are determined by living and non-living entities. A single living or non-living entity cannot accomplish anything alone. Therefore, both living and non-living are types of adhikaraṇa, that is, instruments or weapons of karmic bondage. Both types of adhikaraṇa are classified into two categories in terms of substance (dravya). The living being is an individual jīva, and the non-living entity is an object; the kashāyika results associated with living beings and the sharpness of inanimate objects (such as knives) are treated as forms of potentiality (bhāva). 8.
In the worldly context, living beings always exist in one out of one hundred and eight states while performing auspicious or inauspicious activities. Therefore, these states are considered forms of bhāva-adhikaraṇa, such as those arising from anger (krodha), pride (māna), illusion (māyā), and greed (lobha). Similarly, by substituting actions (kṛta) with carried out (kārita) and permitted (anumata), four categories arise from anger-driven actions and four from anger-permitted actions, making a total of twelve classifications. Likewise, substituting the term "body" (kāya) with "speech" (vāc) and "mind" (manas) produces twelve different classifications for each, such as anger-driven speech actions and anger-driven mental actions. In total, these three categories create thirty-six distinctions.