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strong operation of deluding karmas are under control of ignorance or avid ya. But they, who can remove this ignorance, have their pure soul-power more in store. They, who act after full consideration and mindfully, perform thoughtful and useful acts. If they succeed in their efforts, the meritorious karmas have helped them; if they fail, the demeritorious karmas have made obstruction. As we, ordinary men cannot know what kinds of karmas are in store and when and how they will operate, it is our duty to perform every action with strong and thoughtful soul-power.
It should also be known that we can destroy the existing bound demeritorious karmas by self-concentration and pure thought-activities before their ripening time; we can diminish their fruition and duration. We can increase the fruition of old good karmas. Our thought-activities can modify the past-bound karmas.
By the operation of age karma a being goes from one condition of existence to another. Karmic body goes along with it.
Those saints, who destroy the causes of inflow of karmas, are called Ksinasrava. This term is used in many Buddhist works. Vide Buddha Charya page 264 Sandaka sutta M. N. 2.3.6, page 55 Nanda-RahulaSanyasa Jataka N. 4 Mahậvagga, Maha Khandaka Rahula Vastu. How karmas can be checked and destroyed has
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