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KARMA
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Deluding Karma :
This kind of karma obstructs true faith and right conduct. It is called mohaniya karma. It has two chief division : obstruction of belief and obstruction of conduct, i.e., darśanamohaniya and cāritra-mohanīya. (a) Darśana-mohanīya karma - It obstructs the true faith. The obstruction is further divided into three sub-species : 1. Mithyātva-mohaniya - It produces complete wrong belief
or heterodoxy. The soul possessing this kind of mohaniya karma does not believe in the truths as proclaimed by a true authority but believes false prophets who enjoin false
doctrines to be truths. 2. Samyaktva-mohanīya - It induces correct belief. It is not the
right faith in its completeness but only in a preliminary degree. The true belief in its completeness is obtained only when the samyaktva-mohaniya karma is entirely destroyed, as for instance, the sun which is covered by white clouds only shines perfectly after the clouds have
been removed. 3. Miśra-mohanīya - It produces a mixed belief having some
degree of truth and some of falsity. In other words, it causes a kind of indifference between true faith and false belief. It is a mixture of both the samyaktva-mohanīya and the mithyātva-mohanīya. That is why it is also called
samyak-mithyātva-mohanīya. (b) Cãritra-mohanīya karma - This kind of mohaniya karma obscures right conduct which is the innate property of soul. It obstructs the soul from acting according to the right prescriptions of scriptures or any authoritative sources. The obstruction is produced through sixteen passions (kaşāyas) and nine quasi-passions (no-kaṣāyas). (i) Kaşāya - There are four chief kaşāyas : anger (krodha), pride (māna), deceit (māyā) and greed (lobha).
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