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He worships. (5) And thus, the activities of his mind, speech, and body, which are affected by it, also primarily act in accordance with that external influence for the attainment of that external influence. Thus, due to the original ignorance-like self-delusion, the five asrava-laden karma-influx channels of mithyatva, aviriti, pramada, kshaya, and vega remain open. Therefore, the soul is bound by karma due to these binding causes, and the bound soul experiences the suffering of transmigration. On the other hand, (1) when the self-delusion, which is the self-consciousness in the external influence, is abandoned, and the soul becomes self-conscious in the soul itself, then mithyatva is avoided, darshanamoha is destroyed, and samyagdarshan is revealed. (2) Then, the aviriti defect is avoided, and there is cessation from all external influences - bhavavirati occurs. (3) Therefore, the pramada defect, which is the corruption from the self-nature, is avoided, and there is a state of apramada-apramatta (non-negligence) in the self-nature. (4) Therefore, there is no kshaya due to external influence, no staining by raga-adi vibhava, and there is complete nishkshaya-purna vitraga. (5) And with the destruction of kshaya-generated agitation, the yoga of mind, speech, and body also becomes conducive to self-stability, and finally, the ayoga state is attained. Thus, there is sanvara, which is the closing of the asrava-doors for the influx of karma. With the destruction of darshanamoha, charitramoha is also destroyed in sequence; bodha is the sure remedy for destroying darshanamoha, and vitraga is the sure remedy for destroying charitramoha. This arrangement of the three types of mohaniya karma, the leading karma of darshanamoha-charitramoha, and the five binding causes, which are its subdivisions, clearly explains the entire arrangement of the fourteen gunasthanas, because the constitution of these gunasthanas is primarily based on the attainment and abandonment of these mohas. As the amount of moha decreases and the nishkshaya vitraga maturity of the soul increases, the true saadhutva-sadhakatva, which is the development of the soul's qualities, is revealed.
Thus, it is clear from the understanding of karma-bandha and its binding causes that self-delusion is the root of this suffering of transmigration. When does this self-delusion cease? The root cause, this self-delusion, ceases. Because, as we have seen, there is an arrangement in which bhavamokhsa is connected to dravyakarma, and dravyakarma is connected to bhavakarma, and the vicious circle of binding continues, and therefore, due to the principle of cyclical rotation, the cycle of births and deaths also continues. When does this chain of karma-bandha break? When does this vicious cycle end? When bhavakarma, which is self-delusion, ceases, then this chain breaks and this vicious cycle ends. In other words, when the soul refuses to have the feeling of self in the body and other external influences, when it "rejects" and abandons the vibhava that results in the opposite feeling of raga-dvesha-moha, then bhavakarma is not bound, and due to the absence of that cause, dravyakarma is also not bound, and this chain of karma-bandha...