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104 MAHĀVĪRA : HIS LIFE AND TEACHINGS
by divine and internal souls), (d) manahparyāyajñāna (knowledge of thoughts and feelings of others); and (e) kevala-jñāna (full or perfect knowledge)
Leśyā is said to be that by means of which the soul is tinted with merit and demerit The leśyās arise from yoga or kashāya, namely, the vibrations due to the activity of body, mind or speech or the passions
Karma is the deed of the soul It is a material forming a subtle bond of extremely refined karınıc matter which keeps the soul confined to its place of origiu or the natural abode of full knowledge and everlasting peace There are four ghātıya or obstructive karmas (1) knowledge-obscuring karma , (2) faith-obscuring or perception-obscur- 7 ing karma , (3) that which obstructs the progress or success of the soul, and (4) that which infatuates or deludes the soul All these destructive karmas retain the soul in mundane existence
According to Mahāvīra, this universe is eternal and it is nothing but the sum total of substances which have been existing from eternity and shall remain so for ever In this universe nothing new is created nor is anything annihilated. The sub
1 Tatthyártha-Sūtra, i. 9.
