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Jaina Karmology
75 6. Life-span determining karma Physiology, Health Physique-making karma
Anatomy, Physiology,
psychology Status-determining karma
Sociology, psychology This relationship of karmas with various branches of current sciences can be verified easily from the listing of influxing doors under 8.4.4 above. These doors indicate that the karmas are physical and psychical-both. For example, the deluding karma is the strongest of all. All its secondary species belong to the field of psychology as they refer to different passions and quasi-passions. Psychologists have studied physical effects of various mental states or stimulants through WeberFrechner equation which could be applied to Karma theory in terms of
Influxing doors o log (karmic fruition). This proportionality requires verification.
18. Mahendra Muni has stated that scientific researches have suffficiently clarified the mysticism and unexplained issues of scriptural Karma Theory. The scientists tell us that our activities and behaviours are the results of many external and internal factors which involve besides karma, (1) chemical and bio-chemical reactions in the living system (2) changes in bio-electric nature (3) glandular secretions (4) nervous system (5) ambitions and heredity and (6) external and internal environment etc. The variety of these factors result in innumerable types of human activities and behaviour. The scientists explain them on the basis of material nature of the living. A comparison of scriptural and scientific concepts on Karma Theory will be interesting which is given below in the table I. Moreover, the scientists agree that almost all abnormalities of body, mind and beha be treated on these bases without taking special recourse to Karma
Theory.
Table 1 : Scriptural and Scientific Concepts of Karma theory
S.No.
Cocept points
Scriptural
Scientific
Nature
Very fine but material particles, worldly
Energy-form, invisible, worldly
2.
Basis
Individual
Individual and group
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