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(vedaniya) results in pleasure and pain ; the fifth (ayushka) assigns the length of life to the person in his present birth; the sixth (nama) furnishes him with all that belongs to him as an individual; the seventh (gotra ) makes bim a meinber of the class or genus which he is to belong to; the eighth (antaraya ) produces hindrances to the realization of his virtues and powers. Each of these eight kinds of karman endures for a certain period, of varying length, within which it must take its proper effect. Then it is expelled from the soul, a process which is called nirjara. The opposite process, the influx of karman into the soul, is called asrava, & term well known to students of Buddhism. The occasions for asrava are the actions of the body and mind (yoga); they open as it were an inlet for karma matter to invade the soul. If that soul is in a state of iniquity, i.e. if the person under consideration does not possess right faith, or does not keep the commandments (vrata), or is careless in his conduct, or does not subdue his passions, then, in all these cases, singly or collectively, especially under the influence of the passions, the soul must retain the karma matter, or, as the Jainas say, binds it (bandha). But the influx or karma matter or asrava can be prevented; this is called the stopping or samvara.
These primitive notions the Jains have worked out into a philosophical superstructure, which serves just as well as that of the Sankhyas ( but on different lines ) to explain the problems of mundane existence and to teach the way of salvation. In order to make this clear I must add a few more details.
Samyara is effected, i.e. the influx of karma is prevented, by the observance of peculiar rules of conduct, by restraint of body, speech, and mind, by strict morality, by religious reflections, by indifference to things pleasant, or unpleasant &c. The most effective means, however, is the practice of austerities (tapas), which has this advantage over the other means, that it not only prevent karma from accumulating,
| SR No. | 536512 |
| Book Title | Jain Shwetambar Conference Herald 1916 Book 12 |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Mohanlal Dalichand Desai |
| Publisher | Jain Shwetambar Conference |
| Publication Year | 1916 |
| Total Pages | 264 |
| Language | Gujarati |
| Classification | Magazine, India_Jain Shwetambar Conference Herald, & India |
| File Size | 20 MB |