First Steps to Jainism Part 2

Author(s): Sancheti Asso Lal, Manakmal Bhandari
Publisher: Sancheti Trust Jodhpur

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The Doctrine of Karma 35
some type or other. However, such attachment may be of noble type which is called Prashast Raag. Further the control over the passions or making them dormant (upshama) may also result in Happy or auspicious Karma Bondage or Punya. The reason for terming such Karma as Shubh or Punya is that they provide further opportunity for emancipation of the soul from Karma through prevention (Sanwar) and separation (Nirjara). However, it may be reiterated that even the best of Shubh Karma or Punya even Teerthankar Naam Karma is inferior to Nirjara or destruction of Karma-strictly from the point of view of of spiritual development.
41. Out of the approximately hundred varieties of nature Bondage or Prakriti Bandh some are considered as happy types or shubh or Punya Prakrities and some are termed as unhappy or Ashubh or Paap Prakrities. Though there are some minor differences in the exact classification the following examples will illustrate the two categories :
Kinds of Karma
(i) Knowledge obscuring (Gyanavarnia.)
(ii) Perception obscuring (Darshanavarniya) (iii) Feeling producing (Vedniya).
(iv) Deluding (Mohaneeya)
(v) Life Span (Aayu)
(vi) Physique Determining (Naam)
Shubh or Happy
nature
NIL
NIL
Ashubh or Unhappy
nature.
All the five sub
types. All the nine subtypes. Displeasure producing (Asata Vedniya) All other twenty four sub-catagories.
Pleasure producing (Sata vedniya) (a) Faith deluding (Samyaktva) (b) Laughter (Hasya) (c) Attraction (Rati) (b) Masculine (Purushved)
(N. B. All 28 categoties are considered unhappy by some authorities.)
Hell life span.
(a) Godly life span (b) Human life span (e) Animal life span As stated earlier (para 25 F) Happy Physique Karma includes those categories out of 93 sub-categories of this Karma which makes for happiness and satisfaction of the being, and the others