Jaina Karmaology

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

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Jaina Karmology “The karmas are mattergic as they cause pains and pleasures like fire.” (iv) The karmas veil the non-mattergic (soul) like liquor (the consciousness or pure soul is non-mattergic). 9. All the living beings have different types of inherent and acquired instincts alongwith the characteristics of knowledge, bliss, potency etc. The karmas have the following functions in their utilisation and application : (a) The karmic aggregates of different types (eight primary as in aph.8.4) produce (1) hindrance and resistance (ii) obscuring and covering the capacity of manifestation of the above attributes of the living beings (iii) They serve like screening or intoxicating effect on their consciousness. (b) They denature these properties due to wrong faith. (c) They hinder the path of moral and spiritual development . (d) They cause the merit and demerit due to the activities of the living and make him chained in golden or iron chains. (e) They correlate the past with present and determine their
future. (f) They lead to satisfaction, dissatisfaction, tranquility and intranquility under different psychical and physical environments. 10. The aphorist or its commentators have not mentioned the various states of karmic processes. However, Karma Granthas and IJT mention eleven states under which karmas could be existing under different conditions :
1.Bondage 2 Augmentation
(Delaying the fruition) 3.Attenuation
(Hastening the fruition) 4.Existence
(Earlier-earned karmas) 5.Realisation/Rise
(Enjoyment of karmas) 6.Pre-mature realisation (Realisation before fixed time) 7. Transition
(Transformation into sub-types) 8.Subsidence
(Unfit for realisation)