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JAINA PHILOSOPHY : AN INTRODUCTION
8. Interest in spiritual activities.
The contrary causes produce pain. Causes of Belief-obstructing Karma :
1. Teaching of a false faith. 2. Denial of the path of liberation. 3. Pollution of sacred objects. 4. Blasphemy of liberated souls. 5. Blasphemy of monks and saints. 6. Blasphemy of gods.
7. Disregard of the Holy Order. Causes of Conduct-obstructing Karma :
1. The actions produced by the outbreak of passions cause the binding of the kaşāya-mohanīya karma.
2. The no-kaṣāya-mohanīya karma is bound by the mind which is confused through joking, liking, disliking, sorrow, fear, disgust etc.
3. Slight passionate desire, conjugal fidelity, inclination for right conduct etc. cause the binding of the puruṣa-veda (male sex) karma.
4. Jealousy, deceit, great sensuality, adultery etc. cause the binding of the stri-veda (femal sex) karma.
5. Violent love of pleasure and strong passions directed towards sexual intercourse with the male and female cause the binding of the napuṁsaka-veda (third sex) karma. Causes of Age-determining Karma :
1. The hellish age is bound by the actions of one who tortures and kills other beings and strives in an extraordinary manner after passions.
2. The deceitful and fraudulent person binds the animal age.
3. The humble and sincere one, whose passions are slight, binds the human life.
4. One who possesses right belief but who only partially or not at all practises self-discipline, whose passions are slight,
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