Book Title: Adhyatma Tattvalok
Author(s): Motichand Jhaverchand Mehta
Publisher: Abhaychandra Bhagwandas Gandhi

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________________ *82. SPIRITUAL Light. Svahastiki, Ā jnăpaniki, Vaidāraniki, Ānābhogiki, Anavakānkshāpratyayiki, Prayoga, Samudān, Prema - pratyayiki, Dwesha-pratyayiki, Iryāpatha. These actions relate to doing Hinsā, by word, thought and body, l'anging from small barm to heinous murders, to undertakings for gratifying desires for wealth and material objects in various ways; to sight and touch prompted by love, lust and illusion; to the entertainment of delight in committing wicked acts out of pride, anger, deceipt and greed; to the transgressions of scriptural rules and to sleeping on the ground, discharging emissions and walking without carefully looking or sweeping the place. Bandha Tattva :-Subreption, non-taking of vows, negligence, passions and activities of mind, . speech and body are the causes of bondage of Karma ( Tattvārthādhigama Sutra I, chapter VIII ). When they carry on their work mentally, the bondage is called Bhāvabandba and when the actual Kārmic matter is combined with the soul, it is called Dravyabandha. It is of four kinds according to (1) the nature of the Kārmic Matter, (Prakriti Bandha) The nature of Kārmio matter is described in the notes on Karma (chapter 14th.); (2) time during which the Kārmic matter remains combined with the soul ( Sthitibandha ); ( 3 ) intensity ( Anubhāvabandha ); ( 4 ) mass of atoms ( Pradeshabandha ); ( Sutra IV chapter VIII Tattvārthādhigama ). The eight divisions ( Mula Prakritis ) are again sub-divided into 157 subdivisions wbich may be referred to Karmagrantha, 659

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