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Gandhi's Teachers : Rajchandra Ravjibhai Mehta
J. L. Jaini further tires to explain that according to Jain philosophy subjective karmas are the activity of soul and these karmas take the form of conscious vibrations that fill, animate, and enliven the body, speech, and mind. The vibrations then attain reflected power of the soul and dust molecules of lifeless karmic matter result that bind with the soul. There are two stages in soul's union with karmic matter, asarva or inflow of karmas and bandha or actual bondage. Each of these is either subjective (bhava) or objective (druvya). Subjective or bhava is conscious attentiveness (chetana upayoga) of soul, which leads to yoga or vibratory activity of the body, speech, or mind. Objective or dravya is karmic matter itself, which inflows and binds with the soul. Soul's consciousness is attentive and serves as the sine qua non of the process. This being present, a passion or propensity (such as, anger) excites any or all of the body, speech, and mind. This excitement assumes the form of vibratory activity of very fine material molecules of the body, speech, or mind and is subjective inflow of karmus or bhava asarva. Also, like attracts the like universally and vibrating molecules of body, speech, or mind set up similar vibration with corresponding karmic matter present universally. The newly awakened karmic matter is set in motion toward the soul and is called objective inflow of karmas or dravya asarva. Original vibrations of the body, speech, or mind may stop and in this case there is no further bondage of the soul. This state is known as transitory bondage of soul or iryapatha. But in most cases the vibratory process continues and there is lasting or subjective bondage of the soul called bhava bandha. Type and level of the bondage are determined by the kind of passions and their intensity. Actual particle of karmic matter unite with the soul and cover it, as sheath covers the sword. This state is called objective bondage or dravya bandha. Liberation of soul occurs when soul is able to shed all karmic matter by following Jain principles and practices.
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