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A Hand Book of Jainology
The jiva has to experience, countless events in Samsar. By means of this picture relating to the Karma Chakra, we have explained and illustrated what kinds of sins are committed by the jivas in the background of those events. The Karma Chakra has 18 columns. We shall begin with the first column relating to the Jnanavaran Karma.
THE JNANAVARAN KARMA : (In the first column)
Students experience pain and sorrow when they take up books to study. They feel so because they cannot remember what they read. This happens on account of the effect of the Jnanavaran Karma in the background. In the second column, on account of the emergence of the Jnanavaran Karma, people cannot understand what they read. They think it is their misfortune. When this Karma is destroyed, people can understand anything with the help of authoritative books.
THE DARSHANAVARAN KARMA: (The third column)
On account of the emergence and the efficacy of Darshanavaran Karma, people become blind; and cannot even see a motor car coming up. (In the fourth column) on account of the efficacy of Darshanavaran Karma, man develops the habit of sleeping so deeply that he will not be aware of a snake that may come near him.
THE MOHANIYA KARMA : (The fifth column)
On account of the emergence and the efficacy of Mohaniya Karma, man though he receives exhortations from a Sadhu, becomes a slave to the infatuation of false perception and deems violence and other sins, duties like a fisherman. Then, when he does not commit even violence, even then he is devoid of discipline and remains like a tree bound by Karmas, but if it is not bound by the Mohaniya Karma, the tree which does not commit sins openly attains salvation (In the 6th column) (From top to bottom). Though exhorted by Sadhus, man likes meateating or enslaved by Moha, he commits sins and kills sheep;
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