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PHILOSOPHY OF SOUL
One who condemns the preceptor, one who is greedy and acts with violence, observes no religious vows and entertains unholy acts, and one who is overpowered with passions contract Ashatā Vedaniya Karmas.
Among men and gods mainly "Shată" arises while among animals and hellish beings "Ashata" arises. But then we would doubt as to how Ashata is found among human beings? We reply Land of Karma numbers fifteen while Land of non-kaimas numbers thirty. Living beings residing in the Land of karmas are miserable. In Bharat and Airavata regions the period of happiness measures 18 Krodakrodi sagaropana and that of misery measures 2 krodakrodi sagaropana. Herein also, pure misery extends upto 21 thousand years. Thus among men 'Shata' prevails.
When the period of heavenly beings prevails, all the five sensed beings are happy excepting one, two, three and four sensed ones. When gods like Tirthamkara etc. are born even the hellish beings rejoice in happiness.
Here it should be noted that the happiness derived from Shata Vedaniya Karmas is only temporal happiness and as it is born from Karmas it is full of danger. This happiness betrays us. While enjoying this happiness we are likely to disregard religious duties whereby worldly existences are multiplied. Merits earned by meritorious methods secure happiness which aids us in our observance of religious conduct sliding us nearer to the goal of emancipation.
Mayanasundri held herself fast to religious conduct and she prevailed. King Shripal was cured of his leucoderma and devotion to Siddhachakra grew more predominant in this world. Shripal had insulted his preceptor in his previous existence to reap the disease of leucoderma. As the bond of that act was not so rigid it was consumed in one existence and he was cured of leucoderma. As he had propitiated Siddhachakra in the previous existence he could fulfil the same in the current life and enjoyed happiness thereby.
SPECIFIC CAUSES OF LIFE-DETERMINING KARMAS (AYUSYAKARMA)
Wrath and pride are bitter passions but deceit and greed are mild passions. When the passions aggress upon the Soul under
