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GURUDEVA SMRITI GRANTHA
7 Fidelity in belief
8. Interest in spiritual activities. The contrary causes produce pain
Causes of Belief-obstructing Karma
1 The teaching of a false faith 2 The denial of the path of liberation,
3 The pollution of sacred objects
4. The blasphemy of liberated souls
5 The blasphemy of monks and saints
6 The blasphemy of gods
7 The disregard of Holy Order
Causes of Conduct-obstructing Karma
1 The actions produced by the outbreak of passions cause the binding of kasaya-mohaniya karma
2 No-kasaya-mohanija karma is bound by the mind which is confused through joking, liking, disliking, sorrow, fear, disgust, etc
3 Slight passionate desire, conjugal fidelity, inclination for right conduct etc, cause the binding of purusa veda (male sex) karma
4 Jealousy, deceit, great sensuality, adultery, etc, cause the binding of Str-veda (female sex) karma.
5 Violent love of pleasure and strong passions directed towards sexual intercourse with male and female cause the binding of napum sak-vedaa (third sex) karma
Causes of Age Determining Karma
Hellish age is bound by the actions of one who tortures and kills other beings and strives in an extraordinary manner after passions
2 The deceitful and fraudulent person binds animal age,
3 The humble and sincere one whose passions are slight binds human life.
4 One who possesses right belief but who only partially or not at all practises self-discipline, whose passions are slight,who is chaste, who endures troubles, binds celestial life
etc.
Causes of Personality Determining Karma
Honesty, gentleness, absence of desire, punty, etc, are the causes of the binding of good personality-determining karma, while the reverse that of bad. Causes of Status-Determining Karma
The recognition of the excellence of others, modesty, reverence towards, teachers, the desire to learn and to teach are some of the causes of the binding of
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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 |