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movement up takes place only by the energy of the prudent, not by the energy of the fool. Hence Q./A. 149, which states that 'moves up by the energy of the fool' refers only to a striving, not to its outcome. Movement down, it is specifically stated, is by the mixed energy.
95. This happens when the living being, who had initially faith in the Jaina fundamentals, in Ahimsa as the very basis of religion, in the words of the Jina, starts losing faith in them. From a state of equanimity and righteousness, he slips to falsehood, from a higher to a lower stage.
96. The term 'pāve kamme' (non-righteous acts) does not restrict itself to sinful activities. Even when karma is not sinful and its outcome is wholesome, it is still as much obstructing to liberation as unwholesome karma. Pave kamme should, therefore, mean all karma.
97. The Lord specifically attributes the assertion his omniscient self when he says, 'mae duvihe kamme pannatte'.. Two types of karma are distinguished-pradeśa and anubhāga.. When karma occupies soul-spaces and is wholly mixed up with them, as water with milk, it is called pradeśa karma. The occupation of soul-spaces gives the experience of the existence of karma. But then only some of these actually come up and are felt, when they become anubhāga karma.
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98. The word 'suyameyam' (well recollected) may appear to be an attribution of memory, which is a variant of the mati knowledge, to the omniscient, which is incorrect. To the omniscient, past, present and future are revealed firsthand, and not through the media of memory. Hence the word should imply no limitation on the capacity of the omniscient.
99. Deliberate practice of restraint, like abstention from sex, lying on the ground, tonsure, etc., are examples of volitional courting of suffering. When, in the absence of any conscious effort, suffering forces itself in, it is non-volitional. Volitional suffering is courted by the monks; non-volitional suffering is the lot of the rest.
