Gommatasara Karma Kanda

Author(s): Nemichandra Siddhant Chakravarti, J L Jaini
Publisher: ZZZ Unknown

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The inflow of Tiryancha-áyu, sub-human age karma is caused by Máyá, deceit.
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E.g. cheating others, preaching the false doctrines, etc.
The inflow of Manushya-Ayu, human-age-karma, is caused by slight wordly activity and by attachment to a few worldly objects or by slight attachment.
Natural humble disposition is also the cause of human-age
karma.
Vowlessness and sub-vowlessness with slight worldly activity and slight attachment, are causes of the inflow of all kinds of agekarmas.
Not taking the vows of laymen and not adopting the restrictions (shíla), but having slight attachment to the world and activity in it, can be the cause of the inflow of age-karmic matter of all four kinds. The inflow of Deva-Ayu celestial-age-karma is caused by :
1. Sarága-samyama, self-control with slight attachment found in monks only.
2. Samyamásamyama, restraint of some vows, but not of others, found in laymen only.
3. Akáma-nirjará, equanimous submission to the fruition of
karma.
4. Bálatapa, austerities not based upon right knowledge.
Right-belief is also the cause of celestial-age karma, but only of the heavenly order. It applies to human and sub-human beings only. A celestial or hellish right-believer binds the human-agekarma. Note also that if a human or sub-human being has bound a particular age-karma before gaining right belief, he must enjoy that. (See Jiva Kánda, Gáthás 292, 527, 645).
VI. Body making.
The inflow of Ashubha-náma, a bad-body-making karma is caused by a non-straightforward or deceitful working of the mind, body or speech or by Visamváda, wrangling, etc., wrong-belief, back-biting, self-praise, censuring others, etc.
envy,
The inflow of good-body-making karma is caused by the causes which are opposite of the above viz. by straightforward dealings with body, mind and speech; by avoiding disputes, etc., rightbelief, humility, admiring praiseworthy people, etc.