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PHILOSOPHY OF SOUL
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Those wicked persons who even orally lower the dignity of knowledge are born dumb in the next life and suffer from diseases of the mouth in the next life.
Those who physically lower the dignity of knowledge suffer from abominable diseases like leucoderma etc.”
Those stupid fellows who lower the dignity of knowledge, mentally, orally and phvsically or who cause it lowered through others have to suffer a lot in the next life. Their sons, wife and friends are destroyed, grains and wealth annihilated and they fall a prey to mental worries and physical diseases.
You must be knowing the tale of Varduta and Gunmanjari. Gunamanjari was diseased and dumb since her birth as she had burnt to ashes, children's means of acquiring knowledge namely pens, ink-pots, books etc. in her previous life as Sundari.
Some children do not love to learn. They love to sleep when they are induced to learn. They cannot prepare even one stanza in a fortnight. In such a case believe that his Karmas obscuring knowledge are manifested. Therefore gentleman! never lower the dignity of knowledge, the man of knowledge and the means of knowledge.
INTUITION-OBSCURING KARMA (DARSHANA-VARNIYA KARMA)
Those Karmas which obscure intuition or obstruct intuition are called darshana-varniya Karmas. Intuition (darshana) means general cognizance of matter. When you want to visit a king you are first obstructed by a soldier or a bodyguard at the gate of the palace. In the same manner these Karmas obstruct you in acquiring general cognizance of any matter. Moreover when these Karmas are eliminated or removed more general cognizance is achieved and not further. When soul succeeds in annihilating these Karmas it attains perfect intuition.
This intuition obscuring Karma has nine subspecies
(1) Obscuring general cognizance acquired with eye (Chakshu darshana varniya)
(2) Obscuring general cognizance acquired with rest of the four senses and mind (Achakshu darshana varniya)
