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Jain Conference Herald
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Karmas.
As the wind blowing on a man is quite different from the man, so are such feelings as fear, anger, etc., had by a man different from the man. The wind is known as an external thing and is felt by the skin or the sense of touch; the feeling of the force of the wind is the man's, and the feeling of anger is the man's; the cause of the feeling in the case of the wind is known to be different from the man; the cause of the feeling in the case of anger is, they say, equally different from the individual feeling it.
He who feels the wind, is also he who feels the anger; and he is different in each case from the cause of the feeling.
The cause of the feeling of anger is said to be a real invisible substance composed of atoms of matter in combination with the individual, who is the knower of and different from the cause of the feeling.
It is in certain circumstances, of course, that the feeling of anger rises. He may feel that wind, as cold, or warm, or strong, and at the sanre time not feel any anger. Or again he may when the wind is blowing feel angry because it of. The wind is not the cause of his feeling of anger, because it may blow without being accompanied by this feeling of anger. Neither can the anger be a quality of him who feels it, because a quality is always present, and anger is not always present.
People do things driven by forces which are not themselves at all; and others blame the persons, as if the persons had done the thing intentionally and knowingly.':
. Of course, the person is responsible for the action, because he has the power of not doing it, but the force which is going on is not entirely of the person's own self. It is like a man in a wind who is walking along with wind and consequently much faster than he would or could otherwise walkj and so he is accused
