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who is chaste, who endures troubles etc., binds the celestial life. Causes of Physique-making Karma :
Honesty, gentleness, absence of desire, purity etc. are the causes of the binding of the good physique-making karma, while the contrary causes produce the bad physique-making karma. Causes of Heredity-determining Karma :
The recognition of the excellence of others, modesty, reverence towards teachers and the desire to learn and to teach are some of the causes of the binding of the superior heredity, whereas the contrary causes are responsible for the binding of the inferior heredity. Causes of Power-hindering Karma :
The whithholding of food, drink, lodging, clothing and the like causes the binding of the power-hindering karma. Prevention and Destruction of Karma :
The binding of new karma can be prevented through the means of control of the activity of body, speech and mind (gupti); carefulness in walking, speaking, lifting up and laying down a thing etc. (samiti); moral virtues (dharma); reflection (anuprekşā); patient endurance of troubles (parīşahajaya) and conduct (cāritra).'
The acquired karmas can be annihilated through suitable measures of fasting, reduction of food, restriction to certain kinds of food, renunciation of delicacies, a lonely resting place, mortificaiton of the body, expiation, modesty, service, study, renunciation of egoism and meditation.? Stages of Spiritual Development :
According to Jaina philosophy, there are fourteen stages of development through which the soul gradually delivers itself
1. Tattvārtha-sūtra, IX. 2. 2. Ibid., 1X. 3; IX. 19-20.
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