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Nirjarä – Jain Penance
Nirjarä is the process of exhaustion of karma already acquired
• The karma exhaust themselves by producing the
results (creating environment) when it is time for
them to do so (known as Akam Nirjara). • However at that time, new karma begin to pour in.
• Hence it becomes difficult to be free of Karma. Therefore, one should destroy the Karma before they produce the result. This is real Nirjarä (known as Sakam Nirjara)
