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GURUDEVA SMRITI GRANTHA
Meaning of Karma
The Jaina thinkers do not regard this universe as a mere aggregate of the six substances set together by some supernatural authority They hold that it is a system in itself, subject to some definite laws inherent in its own constitution Certain phenomena occur regularly in certain circumstances and not otherwise There 18 a universal law of causation operating in the universe The phenomena of life and consciousness are not similir to the phenomena of matter or energy in pure material activity, there is growth by addition in dead objects which is a product of chemical law only, whereas a conscious being takes to itself particles foreign to those that are already in the body and changes their nature and assimilates them with its own body. Moreover, livrag beings reproduce themselves in their species These characteristics are not possessed by dead matter Jainism regards soul to be real and indefinite 10 number Each soul possesses some individual characteristics defferent from others The doctrine which gives us some explanation of our individual characteristics, 10, some satisfactory answer to the factors of our individuality which we have at present and tells us how these factors were produced as the result of the forces generated in the past is known as the doctrine of karma In other words, the doctrine of karma is the law that interprets our actions and reactions found in the form of introspection as well as behaviour
According to Jaina philosophy, every individual soul possesses infinite intuition, infinite knowledge, infinite power, and infinite bliss All these attributes belong by nature to every soul in its perfection Mundade sounls are not perfect because their knowledge, energy, etc, are found to be restricted. They are not perfectly free to enjoy complete knowledge and unrestricted bliss Why is it so? What restricts their innate faculty of knowing, etc ? The answer is They are infected by something foreign which veils their natural faculties This foreign element 18 known as karma Jainism does not mean by karma 'work or decd' According to Jaina conception, karma is an aggregate of material particles which are very fine and are imperceptible to the senses It enters into the soul and produces changes in it. It is a form of matter which produces certain conditions in the mundane souls that are suffering from the shackles of birth and death from beginningless time
The entire cosmos 18 full of that kind of fine matter which can bceome karma Through the actions of body, mind, and speech, the fine matter gets into the soul and is tied to it according to the modifications of consciousness consisting of kasayas, ie, anger, pride, deceit and gread Therefore, first of all there is an influx of karmic particles and then there ocour certain activities of mind which are responsible for the actual bondage In the state of bondage, soul and karma are more intimate
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| SR No. | 010772 |
| Book Title | Ratnamuni Smruti Granth |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Vijaymuni Shastri, Harishankar Sharma |
| Publisher | Gurudev Smruti Granth Samiti |
| Publication Year | 1964 |
| Total Pages | 687 |
| Language | Hindi |
| Classification | Book_Devnagari |
| File Size | 21 MB |