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Dr. Subhash C. Jain : Transmigration, Evolution and Jain Karma Doctrine
The karmic load in the nigoda birth-species decreases at an infinitely small rate K,~K, where K is the maximum karmic
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Figure 2. Evolution with karmic load.
load of the nigoda beings since time immemorial. The rate of change of the karmic load in the amanaska- and samanaska-subhuman birth-species is small. The rate of decrease of the karmic load, hence the development process, proceed at a higher rate in the human birth-species and significantly much higher rate after the fourth spiritual stage.
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Some arbitrary values of the karmic load are: K/K~95%, KH/K~90%, K/K~85%; K/K~75%, and K4/K~65%. According to these arbitary values of the karmic load, the decrease in the karmic load in the amanaska- and subhuman birth-species is only about 5 and 10 percent of the maximum karmic load, respectively. Generally all living beings, except celestial beings born beyond kalpopapanna and a few exceptional human beings like Bhagwan
