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Jaina Karmology
133 8. Vidyananda mentions that besides the primary and secondary species of karmas, there are many types of tertiary karmic species depending of the variety of karmic (1) duration (2) intensity and (3) other observable causes. Q. It has to be asked whether the duration bondage refers to some different and specific karmas or the same karmas described under the first species bondage. A. There is no point of doubt here. The duration bondage here refers to the same karmic species which have been described and which have many sub-species. The duration is defined as the period of existence or association of the karmas with the living being until they are destroyed. This is known as duration bondage (period). It has two varieties-maximum duration and minimum duration. The longest and largest karmic abidance is called as the maximum duration while the shortest and smallest karmic concentration causes the minimum duration Q. If this so, what are the different types of durations of the karmic species? A. The aphorisms 8.14 and others describe this point: ĀDITAH-TISRNAM-ANTARAYASYA CA TRINSAT-SĀ GAROPAMA-KOTĪKOTYAH PARĀSTHITIH 8.14.
The maximum duration of the first three primary karmas and the obstructive karma is thirty Sagaropama (S) koti-koti (crore x crore = 10') or 30 x S x 10 years. 8.14 1. The terms 'from the begining or first in order' is meant to indicate that the three karmic species here should not be taken from the middle or end of the order as given in the aphorism 8.4 above. 2. The term 'three' indicates about the definite number of the karmic species involved here. There are the first three karmic species to be taken here. 3. The separate mention of 'obstructive karma' is made here by transgressing the normal order of primary species in 8.4. This is to show that it has the same duration as the first three. It has the same duration of thirty crore x crore Sagaropama years (30.5.104 yrs). The Sāgaropama time unit has already been defined earlier in chapter 4.28.
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