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PHILOSOPHY OF SOUL
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When all dishes ready and full of delicious eatables are placed before you and suddenly you are attacked with bile you cannot enjoy the dinner as Bhogantaraya Karmas have manifested themselves.
Suppose you are newly wedded with a beautiful maiden. You are very anxious to indulge in sensual pleasures with her ; but suddenly you learn from your doctor that she has contracted T.B. and you ought to refrain from cohabitation. Then your enjoyments are hindered as your Upabhogantaraya Karmas have manifested themselves.
One might argue that it is well and good as such sinful indulgence is naturally avoided. But this argument is not proper, as in such case keen desire to enjoy did exist which having remained unsatisfied created great uneasiness and misery. If such indulgence is abandoned at one's sweet will then the soul enjoys peace and bliss and one can escape from sin.
Suppose a man is young and he is nourished with excellent food. He takes also exercise and still he does not get physical strength. Here viryantarya Karmas operate. They also operate when you cannot oberve religious rites and charitable attitude.
Antaraya Karma (power hindeing Karma) is contracted by prohibiting worship of the prophets, by acts of violence, thefts, intercourse, falsehood. accumulation of wealth, dining outside anywhere, creating obstructions in the path of emancipation of soul, prohibiting the offer of food, shelter or medicine to the monks. interfering with enjoyments of others, destroying the power of others by charms etc., and weakening the sense-faculties of others by cuting the senses or by piercing through the senses.
Thus eight Karmas have 158 sub-species. Knowledge obscuring Karma has 5 sub-species Intuition
9 Feeling producing
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2 Belief obscuring
, .. 28 Age determining Personality determining State determining Power hindering
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| SR No. | 023322 |
| Book Title | Atmatatva Vichar Or Philosophy Of Soul |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Vijaylakshmansuri, Ghanshyam Joshi, Kirtivijay Gani |
| Publisher | Mohanlal D Mehta |
| Publication Year | 1963 |
| Total Pages | 568 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 39 MB |