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204 Tattvarthasutra
[8.26 is formed. Therefore, those skandhas are called the causes of all substances. 2. Karmic skandhas are acquired through the realms of the soul that exist in all directions—upward, downward, and sideways—not just by the soul realms in a single direction. 3. The reason for the disparity in karmic bondage among all beings is that their mental, vocal, and physical activities (transaction) are not uniform. This is why the inequality in the regions of bondage also arises according to the corresponding degrees of yoga. 4. Karmic eligible pudgala skandhas are not gross (material), but rather subtle; it is only these subtle skandhas that are involved in karmic classification. 5. Only the karmic skandhas present in the realm of living beings engage in bondage; those in external realms do not. 6. Bondage occurs merely through being stable, as moving skandhas do not attain bondage due to their instability. 7. Each karmic connection binds infinite skandhas in all soul realms. 8. All binding karmic eligible skandhas are made up of infinite atoms, and none are composed of finite, infinite, or countless atoms.
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Punya (merit) and papa (demerit) substances are those that fall under categories such as right knowledge, right conduct, humor, passion, human knowledge, auspicious life, auspicious name, and auspicious lineage. 26. The categories of seven types of knowledge, right conduct, delusion, humor, passion, human knowledge, auspicious life, auspicious name, and auspicious lineage are meritorious (the remaining substances are demeritorious).
The consequences of bonded karmas are not merely favorable or unfavorable; rather, they can be both favorable and unfavorable due to the auspicious and inauspicious natures of the respective causal resolve. A favorable consequence derived from a good resolve is auspicious (desired) and an unfavorable one stemming from a bad resolve is inauspicious (undesired). The lesser the confusion in a consequence, the more auspicious it is, and the greater the confusion, the more inauspicious it becomes. There is not a single consequence that can be labeled as only favorable or only unfavorable. Each consequence, while being both auspicious and inauspicious may have its auspiciousness or inauspiciousness assessed in relation to its predominant aspect. Therefore, the auspicious consequence that generates auspicious sections in meritorious substances also generates inauspicious sections in demeritorious substances. Conversely, the consequence that produces inauspicious sections also generates auspicious sections in meritorious substances.