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Jaina Philosophy and Religion
to man, they do not degrade his life. They, through the good and auspicious activities, cause the bondage of auspicious karmas as also the good next birth. They do not obstruct wholesome activities which lead to good future birth.
4. Inauspicious karmas related to inauspicious activities and result
ing in inauspicious karmas (pāpānubandhī pāpa) As we have already stated, all inauspicious karmas cause misery to man on their rise. On account of their fruition, he is deprived of the means of happiness, he cannot acquire wealth in spite of his efforts. As shown above, of all the inauspicious karmas, only some are related to auspicious activities. But others are related to inauspicious activities. On account of the fruition of the inauspicious karmas of this type, man suffers from poverty and other miseries, but at the same time he does not refrain from indulging in vicious activities; on the contrary, he remains engaged in them. The inauspicious karmas of this type are called pāpānubandhī pāpa, because on their rise they cause misery to man and at the same time are associated with vicious activities which cause low next birth and bondage of inauspicious karmas.
1. Regarding these four types of karmas, viz. punyānubandhi punya, etc., what Acārya
Haribhadra has said in his 24th Astaka is as follows: gehad gehāntaran kañcic chobhanad adhikar narah/ yāti yadvat sudharmena tadvad eva bhavād bhavam //1// Under the influence of the good religion (religious practice) a living being moves from a good birth to a better one, just as a man moves from a good house to a better one to reside in. (1) The good religious practice in point is that which a man undertakes while enjoying happiness and wealth as fruits of the accumulated auspicious karmas. These auspicious karmas (their fruition) are called punyānubandhi, because they are associated with good and auspicious activities. gehäd gehāntaraṁ kañcic chobhanad itaran narah/ yāti yadvad asaddharmăt tadvad eva bhavād bhavam //2// Under the influence of vicious activities (irreligious practice) a living being moves from a good birth to a bad one, just as a man moves from a good house to a bad one to reside in. (2) The vicious and irreligious activities in point are those which a man undertakes while enjoying wealth, etc., as fruits of the strange and incomprehensible accumulated auspicious karmas. These auspicious karmas (their fruition) are called pāpānubandhi because they are associated with the vicious activities. gehād gehāntaraṁ kañcid aśubhād adhikam narah/ yāti yadvan mahāpāpāt tadvad eva bhavād bhavam //3//
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