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JAINISM IN QUESTIONS AND
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(Continued from page 90.) Q. 84. What are the causes of bondage or Bandha ?
A. Bondage is caused by Wrong belief, Vowlessness, Carelessness, Passions and Yoga.
(a) Wrong belief or Mithyadarsana is said to be of five kinds.
1. Ekanta or one-sided view e.g. The whole universe is Brahman.
2. Viparita or perverse belief e.g. Animal sacrifices will lead to heaven.
3. Samsaya or Doubt e.g. whether this religion or that religion is true.
4. Vinaya or Veneration for false gods. 5. Ajnana or Ignorance.
(6) Vowlessness is lack of compassion for the 6 classes of embodied souls and lack of restraint of 5 senses and mind.
(c) Carelessness or Pra nada is of 15 kinds due to talk about food, wo nen, politics and scandal, due to the five senses, four passions and affection and sleep.
(d) Passions are four e g. Anger, Pride, Deceit and Greed.
(e) Yoga is due to the vibrations in the soul through mind, speech and body.
Q. 85. What is Bondage ?
A. Bondage is the assimilation of subtle particles of matter by soul owing to its passions.
It is of four kinds according to Prakriti, Sthiti, Anubhaga and Pradesa.
Prakriti Bandha is the bondage of soul by Karma Prakritis or particles of Karmic matter which is of 8 kinds.
Sthiti Bandha is the duration of the attachment of Karmic matter to the soul.
Anubhaga Bandha is the maturing and fruition of Karmas.
Pradesa Bandha is the particular number of the molecules of of Karmic matter actually absorbed in the soul, Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat
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