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The statement that there is no karma accumulation or bondage from hating someone solely through the mind is false. Their mind is impure, lacking religious purity and sanctity, which is why they do not follow the path of restraint. In reality, the mind is the primary cause of karma bondage. Therefore, the early Jains have also stated that karma is not accumulated or bound solely through physical actions without mental activity, thought, or intention. Thus, the primary cause is that which exists when something happens and does not exist when it does not. Just as karma is bound when there is a mind, when good or bad intentions arise in the mind, and karma is not accumulated when there is no mind. Therefore, the mind is the main cause of karma bondage.
A doubt arises: The previous proponents have stated that mental activity, thought, or intention alone, without physical action or effort, is not the cause of karma bondage. Why do you say that the mind is the main cause of karma bondage? They also consider the mind to be the primary cause of karma accumulation.
In response, the Agamas say: Although you, the aforementioned proponents, have said this, your statement is not logical. For you have said that liberation is attained through the purity of the mind. In saying this, you have declared the mind to be the primary cause of liberation. You have also said that the mind that is contaminated with attachments, aversions, and other defilements is the cause of worldly existence, the cause of wandering in the world. If that mind becomes free from attachment, aversion, etc., it is called the end of the world, meaning it is liberated from worldly bonds and attains liberation. Other philosophers have also said: O Mind, I bow to you, although all beings are equal, you become transformed into the good aspects of some and the bad aspects of others. This is why some beings walk the path leading to the city of hell, while others, through their own inherent power, pierce the solar system and attain liberation. Thus, according to your principles, it is proven that contaminated mental activity, mental intentions with bad consequences, are the cause of karma bondage.
Even in the path of walking, if a person walks without proper use, they accumulate karma. This is because not using properly is a mental defilement. If that person walks with proper use, they do not accumulate karma, because they are not negligent in their walking. It is said that when a person who is mindful of their walking lifts their foot to place it on the earth, if a subtle being is killed under their foot, that person does not incur even a slight amount of sin. This is because that person is free from sin due to being mindful of the protection of all beings.
Even in the dream state, due to the purity of the mind, there is some karma bondage. You have also acknowledged that in the dream state, there is subtle, indistinct sin. Thus, karma bondage arises from mental activity that is full of defilement. You have said this. The discussion of beings, knowledge of beings, etc., is all illogical. Your statement that when a father eats the flesh of his son in times of great distress, free from attachment and aversion, he does not incur karma bondage, is also devoid of true contemplation. Because, "I kill," until this intention arises in the mind, no one is inclined to kill. Consider this: Is the mental intention, "I kill," not contaminated? Does it not indicate a contaminated mental state?
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