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THE DOCTRINE OF KARMA
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Mohaniya Karma : (i) the faith deluding and (ii) the conductdeluding. In all there are twenty-eight types of Mohaniya Karmas.
As regards the Faith-deluding (Darśana-Mohanīya) Karmas, they are of three kinds. The first is Mithyatva or wrong belief. The wrong belief relates to true nature of the self, the tenets preached by the Tirthankaras and the validity of the scriptures composed by the great saints. The second one concerns a stage of mental attitude where the right and wrong beliefs are mixed up and there is inabitliy to distinguish between the two. This is called Samyag-mithyātva-miśra. The last one is Samyatva-Praksti. This is a state where the right belief is clouded by slight wrong belief, a sort of wavering. The firm ness of right belief is somewhat hazy.
Cāritra Mohanlya or right-conduct deluding Karmas are of 28 types.
On the rise of the first kind of Karma, the individual turns away from the path revealed by the omniscient, becomes indifferent to the faith in the true nature of reality and is incapable of discriminating what is beneficial to him and what is not. An attitude so produced is a perverse attitude; if it is restrained by right and virtuous thought-activity, then there is no obstruction to the right faith. If the perverse attitude is mixed up with the purified state, then we have the second type. The Jainas liken the influence of these three classes of Mohaniya Karma to the results arising from taking the grain kodrava. If this grain is eaten without any preparation, it causes the most intense giddiness so as to bewilder the eater greatly. Such is the effect of Mithyātva. If the husk of the grain is removed, the effect is less stupefying and resembles that of miśra, whereas, if the grain is thorougly cleansed, the occasional slight uneasiness it may cause is comparable to Samyatva. 11
Càritra Mohaniya (or conduct deluding) Karma is of 25 kinds. It is difficult to deal with them in detail in this book. The passions or the kaşāyas are four in the main : anger, pride,
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