Jaina Karmaology

Author(s): N L Jain
Publisher: Parshwanath Vidyapith

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Jaina Karmology 2. The bondages of duration' and 'intensity' have abstractive meanings. Thus, the duration means staying or stationing and the intensity means experiencing (the strength of karmas). 3. The word 'mass point or point (Pradesa) has a meaning with reference to accusative case. It means it is a bondage which is an indicator or pointer regarding the quantity or number of karmic points for any karmic species. 4. The term 'species' (Prakrti) has a synonymous meaning with the word 'nature' or 'inherent property'. What is the nature of a neem tree ? It is bitterness. What is the nature of jaggery ? It is sweetness. Similarly, what is the nature of knowledge-obscuring karma ? It is the non-comprehension of objects. The nature of conation-obscuring karma is no-vision (inner or outer) about the object. The nature of (sensation of pleasure and pain ) feeling producing karma is to experience the sensation of happiness and un-happiness. The nature of life-spandetermining karma is to determine the span of life in the current destinities of the living beings. The nature of the physique-making karma is to designate the names of the beings like the hellish (subhuman, human or celestial) beings. The nature of statusdetermining karma is to determine the high or low position (in society or culturally) of the living beings. The nature of the obstructive karma is to create hindrance in auspicious activities like donations etc. The species bond is instrumental in the above-mentioned inherent characteristics of different karmic entities. 5. The duration is defined as ( the time of ) non-deviation from one's own inherent nature. As the non-departure of sweetness of the milk of she-goat, cow, buffalo etc. is its duration, similarly the (period of) non-deviation of the natures of non-comprehension of objects etc. of the knowledge-obscuring karma etc. is the duration (of various karmas). 6. The specific taste, fruitional capacity, experienciable potency of the karmas is termed as intensity. Just as the specific tastes of the milk of she-goat, cow and buffalo etc. have differing intensities of sweetness in terms of less or more, similarly, there is a differing specific inherent potency in karmic mattergies for their fruition. This potency is termed as intensity. 7. The term 'mass point' refers to the determination of quantity or numericality of karmic points in any species of karma. It may be defined as the numerical determination of the mattergic aggregates transformed into the karmic species or sub-species.