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**The Inert Group.** This means that the soul is the doer in a relative and conditional way, due to the material cause. Here, the example of a goldsmith is relevant. The goldsmith makes ornaments due to the relative and conditional nature of his thoughts, and he is the doer in a consequential way, due to his own happiness, joy, etc. From this material cause, the body and other things are produced, and the soul, residing in the body, experiences the arising of the material cause. When this arises, if the soul becomes involved in the emotions of attachment, aversion, and delusion, it becomes the cause of a new emotion, and due to this emotion, the material cause arises again. Thus, the cycle of rebirth and death continues. In Jain terminology, the emotion is called 'mal' and the material cause is called 'raj'. Just as dirt sticks to a sticky substance, similarly, due to the attachment and affection, which are like sticky substances, the material cause, which is like dirt, sticks to it. Thus, due to the mutual relative and conditional nature of the cause and effect, the emotion and the material cause are interdependent. The emotion gives rise to the material cause, and the material cause gives rise to the emotion, thus creating a vicious circle. Due to this, the cycle of birth and death, with its various forms, continues to revolve.
Thus, the emotion of attachment, which is the root cause of all suffering, is the cause of the cycle of rebirth. Therefore, the root cause of worldly existence is the ignorance of the true nature of the soul, which is the ignorance of the soul's true nature. The mistaken identification of the self with the body and other external objects is the biggest mistake of the soul, and this mistaken identification gives rise to the cycle of rebirth. Because, due to the imagination of the self in external objects, attachment, aversion, and delusion arise due to those objects. Therefore, due to the protection of those objects, passions arise, and in this way, the eighteen types of sins are born. Due to this fundamental delusion of identifying the self with the body, the activities of the mind, speech, and body become conducive to external objects and emotions. The path is lost, and the goal is missed. The mind becomes filled with thoughts about external objects and emotions, speech becomes filled with false words about external objects and emotions, and the body becomes involved in activities to obtain external objects and emotions. Thus, the evil activities of the mind, speech, and body, which are like 'sucintitra hummasim stuiti', give rise to 'suchyu', which is evil deeds.
"Due to the attachment to external objects, the mind becomes filled with passion, and the body becomes stained with the blood of others. Due to the desire to protect external objects, the soul becomes attached to them." - Shri Devchandraji
Thus, the delusion of identifying the self with external objects arises, the true knowledge becomes false, and the good conduct becomes bad conduct. Due to the delusion of the self, the delusion of conduct arises, and intense passions like 'anatanubandhi' etc. begin to arise. Due to these two types of delusions, the nature of the soul becomes corrupted, and its liberation becomes impossible.