Chapter on Passion

Author(s): N L Jain
Publisher: Parshwanath Vidyapith

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(a) Karma: Mohaniya Karma: Karmic Bonding & Debonding The theory of Karma is admitted by most of Indian philosophies, but its details are found in most developed form in Jainology only. The term 'Karma' means actions or deeds performed through the doors of mind, body and speech. These actions effect our present and future. There are two kinds of Karmas: (1) psychical and (2) physical. They are inter-related with each other one affecting the other. The Karmas lead to obscure the manifestation of natural properties of the soul- cognition, conation, potency and bliss in proportion of their quantity and intensity.
They are two-fold in one more way: (i) passion-based and (ii) non-passion based. The first attracts Karmas while the other does so in a very minor way. One can attain true nature if he becomes totally devoid of Karmas. This devoidance may be natural and pre-matural through austerities etc.
Introduction : (11)
The obscuring power of Karma originates from passions and their fine mattergic nature. Infinite Karma particles are roaming in space and our psychical actions along with wrong faith; nonabstinence, passions and indolence attract them to be associated with our soul resulting in bonding and obscuration. The Karmas are shed off when there is neither activities nor passions.
The Karmas have eight varieties:
(i)
Cognition-obscuring
(iii) Feeling-producing
(v) Life-span determining
(vii) Status-determining
(ii)
(iv) Deluding
(vi) Physique-making
(viii) Obstructive.
Conation-obscuring