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of perfection. So we have to distinguish between perfected souls who have been definitely released from worldly existence and worldly souls which are bound as the expression is. The worldly souls are not pure but they are defiled in a greater or less degree. The defiling of the souls is caused by their acts or sins, by Karma as the technical expression is.
KARMA This idea which is shared by all Indian thinkers is that every deed we do has an effect on our souls, makes an imprint on our souls, and that imprint remains there as long as it is not neutralized. This imprint is called Karma, and it is neutralized by bringing on pleasure or pain to the individual who through his Karma is made to experience the various conditions of life. Now as Jain philosophy admits but matter and souls, it follows that Karma must consist of matter or be material; indeed the Jains are quite positive on this point." Karma 'paudgalikaya' Karma is terial. Their ideas on the Karnia are the following; By the action of the individual his souls becomes penetrable by matter; particles of matter in a subtle form pour into the soul; there is an influx, Asrava, pouring of subtle matter into the
Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat
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