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| The Lord's Philosophy
particular view cause the hurried action of these karmas that would ordinarily act after a long time, with the help of their meditation and strict penance and instantly cause their end.
Bandha Tatva, ( Contact ) When Karmas coincide with the soul like water in milk it is called Bandha ( Contact ). We have already degcribed Karmas as Pudgals. These throng in the Lokakasha, and are called Karmana Vargana (Flaim a ). The soul has the capacity to develop love, hatred and other passions and the Karmana Vargana has the faculty of inducing them in the soul. Just as the drunkard has the capacity to be intexicated and the drink has the quality of making him intexicated, in the same way the soul is at every time and from all parts of the body receiving Karma Varganas and non Karma Varganas that respectively give use to the experience of Karmas and non Karmas.The business of taking up Karmas is not of recent origin but it is beginningless. It is due to these long standing Karmas that the soul is losing its orginal qualities of knowledge, spiritual in sight and uninterrupted happiness, and is wandering in various species.
The Karmas are chiefly of two kinds (i) Dravya Karma (ii) and Bhava Karma. Both the sorts of Karmas are very intimately connected with one another. When Dravya Karmas begin to act Bhav karmas like love and hatred are brought into action and with the rise of Bhava Karmas like love and hatred the Dravya Karmas come to bind with the soul. In this way the Bhava Karmas give rise to Dravya Karmas and vice versa. They are mutually cause and effect
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