Jaina Culture

Author(s): Mohanlal Mehta
Publisher: P V Research Institute Varanasi

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doctrine and its commandments, rebelliousness and lack of discipline towards the devotees of knowledge, and the like are the causes of the binding of both the apprehensionobscuring and comprehension-obscuring karmas, inasmuch as apprehension and comprehension are two different stages of the same faculty of cognition. Respects for parents and the like, compassion, gentleness, keeping of vows, giving of alms or some other help and interest in noble and spiritual activities may be cited as some of the causes of the pleasure. producing karma. The contrary causes produce the karma that gives pain. The teaching of a false faith, the hindrance of the true religion, the blasphemy of saints and gods, the misuse of sacred objects, and the like cause the bondage of the belief-deluding karmas. The actions produced by the outbreak of emotions cause the bondage of passions. The mind confused by joking, liking, disliking etc. causes the karma that produces quasi-passions. Slight passionate desire, inclination for right conduct, and the like help in binding the male-sex. Jealousy, deceitfulness, high sensuality, adultery etc. cause the bondage of the female-sex. Intense attachment for pleasure and strong passions directed towards sexual intercourse with both male and female are the causes of the androgyne-sex. The infernal age is bound by a person who tortures and kills other beings and strives after passions extremely. A deceitful and fraudulent person binds the animal age. An humble and sincere one binds human age. A person possessing right belief and having slight passions binds the celestial age. Honesty, gentleness, absence of desires, purity and the like produce the good physique-1..king karmas, whereas the contrary causes produce the bad ones. The recognition of the excellence of others, reverence towards teachers and the desire to learn and to teach are some of the causes of the bondage of the karma which is responsible for the high family-surroundings, while the contrary causes produce the karma that furnishes the low family-surroundings. The withholding of food, drink,