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152 the cause of bonding of fruitional intensity bond is ` passion'. (2) Secondly, the species bond refers to the time of bonding while the intensity bond refers to the time of realisation or fruition. (3) Thirdly, there is difference in the power of ripening capacity of these two bonds. The power of intensity bond, though variable, is always stronger intensity bond of pleasure feeling - producing karma in 11 - 13th spiritual stages because there are no passions involved . (4) The power of bonding in species bond is nearly uniform and minimum while it varies in case of intensity bond, though always larger than the species bond. 14. The intensity bond does undergo not only transition process for maturation of karmic species, but it undergoes hastening and delayed fruition too. In fact, there are four kinds of transition depending on the four kinds of bondages. The transition of species bond and mass-point bonds are termed as transition in general . But the transition of duration and intensity bonds have hastened or delayed fruitional transition . In hastened fruition, ripening time is reduced and it is the reverse in delayed fruition. The karmic maturation takes place according to intensity during the fruition time. However, it is also observed through their transitions into species of their own class . The unrealised but existent species undergo transition and fruition regularly in this way. 15. It has been said that Jiva-karma bonding process involves inner and outer energy. The duration of specific karmic bonds may be treated as ageing process. In general, there is gradual reduction in energy with the growing age, the energy quantum becomes nearly equal to zero when the destined life-span is completed and the death occurs. This life-process may also be made applicable to karmic bonds . The bond-energy gets gradually reduced and becomes virtually equal to zero at the end of the duration of the karmic bond. When the bond breaks, karmas fall off as there is no energy to keep them bonded. Thus, the 'shedding off process may be defined as gradual reduction of exertive energy to let the karmic bond loose and break. When these bonds break, the living being becomes spiritually pure capable of manifesting its intrinsic qualities and attaining liberation.
In contrast, the pre-matural shedding process develops extra internal energy sufficient to break the Jiva-karma bond much earlier than destined. It results in early shedding off and the attending effects as above.
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