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When this energy is supplied to the living system through vows, austerities or meditation, the karmic bond loosens and its effects or fruits are experienced by the bonder being.
Normally, the term, 'Anubhāga' means 'Section'. It means that the total karmic energy is divided into eight sections with specific energy range associated with each karmic species. It is due to this specific energy that different karmas are bonded with the living. When the living being produces this energy normally or through its efforts, the bond breaks down to indicate spiritual progress.
Generally, the pure living being has infinite internal energy but it is only partially manifest due to karmic obscurations. Still this is quite sufficient to attract the wandering karma-transformable particles and to bind them with the living :
Pure living with partially manifest energy + karma -transformable particles Living -karma bond.
The strength of the bond will be proportional to the manifest energy. Hence, the bond could be broken when
living + karma
living- karma bond + energy This energy is either a time-binding or self-exertion towards vows etc.
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The different degrees of fruitional intensity has been illustrated in the texts by the examples of different qualities of the milk of she-goat, cow and buffalo etc.
7. The fruitional intensity of karmic species is designated according to the nature of species/subspecies which produce specific effect/experience For example, there are the obscuration of knowledge-obscuring and conation-obscuring karmas respectively. Similar statements may be made for fruitional effects of other karmic species.
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Vidyananda mentions that fruition of different karmic species or sub-species is dependent upon their nature of maturation. For example,
(i) Maturing-in-mattergy karmas (i.e. limbs & sublimbs etc.) mature through mattergy.
(ii) Maturing-in-location karmas (i.e. destinity, succession etc.) mature through location.
(iii) Maturing-in-soul karmas (i. e. knowledge obscuring etc. ) mature through the living or soul.
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