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These shares are further divided among the sub-species.' Causes of Bondage :
The theory of causation explains each and every event of life in the strict form of cause and effect. No effect can be produced in the absence of its cause. This universal law is applied to the doctrine of karma also, as we have already mentioned. Each of the karma-species can only be bound so far as its cause of bondage is in existence. The following activities constitute the causes of the different species. Although all the species are bound by activities and passions in general, yet, every species has some special causes constituted by some particular activities. They are as follows:2 Causes of Knowledge, Intuition-obscuring Karmas :
1. Hostility against knowledge, knower and the means of knowledge.
2. Denial, annihilation and hindrance of these three. 3. Disregard of a true doctrine and its commandments. 4. Rebelliousness and lack of discipline towards teachers.
5. Complete destruction of books and other means of knowledge.
6. Indifferent or opposite attitude towards knower and knowledge. Causes of Feeling-producing Karma :
Pleasure : 1. Respects for parents, teachers etc. 2. To have pity on miserable beings. 3. Keeping of vows of the house-holder or monk. 4. Honourable conduct. 5. Overcoming of passions. 6. Giving of alms or some other kind of help.
7. Fidelity in belief. 1.Ibid., p. 26. 2.Karma-grantha, 1. 54-61.
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