ISJS Jainism Study Notes E5 Vol 02

Author(s): International School for Jain Studies
Publisher: International School for Jain Studies

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particles to stick to it and get converted into karmas. It is invariably the process that the psychic influx or the thought activities are the direct and proximate causes of matter influx.
4.1 Bhāva-bandha, psychic bondage and dravya-bandha or matter bondage
It is the conscious state of mind that binds the karma with the soul when the soul is excited by any of the causes like passion or attachment/aversion. Bondage is also of two types namely
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Bhāva-bardha or bondage by emotion or psychic bondage Dravaya-bandha or matter bondage.
According to Nemicanda Sidhāntadeva-11
1. That modification of consciousness consisting of attachment or aversion by which
karmas are bonded to the soul is known as psychic bondage. Psychic bondage is therefore the alliance of the soul with mental or psychic activities that are produced when
the soul is excited with attachment or aversion to the worldly objects. 2. There is an association of soul with actual karmas. This union consists of the
interpenetration of the soul and karmas, and the bondage resulting bondage is called matter bondage.
4.2 Causes of bondage According to Umāsvāmi, Mithyātva (wrong belief), Avirati (non-abstinence), Pramāda (negligence), Kasāya (passions) and Yoga (activities) are the causes of bondage.12
4.2.1 Wrong belief It is the perversity of outlook. Wrong belief in these seven verities is called wrong belief. It has many subdivisions like ekānta (solitary viewpoint), viparyaya (opposite of right knowledge), vinaya, sarśaya (doubt) and ajnāna (lack of knowledge).
"Bajihadi kamman jena du chedanabhāveņa bhāvabandho so
Kammmadpadesánari annonnapavesanan idaro. Dravya-saṁgraha, 32, Tattvārtha-sūtra VIII/2 12 Mithyādarśanaviratipramadakaṣāyayogā bandhahetavah Tattvārtha-sūtra, VIII/1
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