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Soul and matter ani there results the formation of a compound personality and thereby the innate qualities of Soul are to that extent obscured. This is called Bandha or Bondage. Thus union of spirit and matter is not to the advantage of the former. Spirit at first was untainted; but now are superimposed upon it the qualities of matter. It becomes subject to constant birth and rebirth. It attracts more matter and is thus further engulfed in the Transmigratory Cycle. It suffers pain - or enjoys pleasure according as the Kārmic matter is of one kind or the other. In this way the spirit leaves all its former freedom and remains a captive of the Karmas until fortunately they are destroyed by anti-Kārmic forces.
Like Asrava, Bandha is of two sorts : Bhāva and Dravya. "The psychical condition which keeps the soul in a particular disposition so as to combine with Karma into a selfsameness as it were with the soul is called Bhāva Bandha or Subjective Bondage, and the actual Karma matter which flowing into the Soul stands in relation of Identity (Tādātmaya Sambandha) as it were with the Soul is called Dravya Bandha or Objective Bondage.' Bandha is divided into four kinds :-(1) Prakriti Bandha.- Prakriti means Karma: Prakritis which as we have seen above are 153 in number;" (2) Sthiti Bandha. This is the Bondage produced for the duration of the particular karma. It may fall off when the Karma fully works out its consequences; but for the time being Soul is in Bondage to it; (3) Anubhāga Bandha. Anubhāga means intensity. Then Anubhāga Bandha means that bondage which adheres to soul so intensely that it cannot be easily removed; (4) Lastly we have the Pradesha Bandha, . Pradesha is a region or a part. Karma is matter and as such it is made up of particles or anus. When the bondage is spoken of with reference to these particles it is the Pradesha Bandha-a bondage wherein so much region or so many parts are occupied by the Karmic matter,
| SR No. | 022208 |
| Book Title | Adhyatma Tattvalok |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Motichand Jhaverchand Mehta |
| Publisher | Abhaychandra Bhagwandas Gandhi |
| Publication Year | 1920 |
| Total Pages | 992 |
| Language | Sanskrit, Gujarati |
| Classification | Book_Devnagari & Book_Gujarati |
| File Size | 19 MB |