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Jaina Path of Purification (Liberation)
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In short, those auspicious karmas accumulated through past births, which cause the bondage of new auspicious karmas at the time when the soul is enjoying their sweet fruits are called punyānubandhi punya. Those inauspicious karmas accumulated through past births, which cause the bondage of the auspicious karmas through equanimity, peace, atonement and good activities, at the time when the soul is experiencing their bitter fruits are called punyānubandhi pāpa. Those auspicious karmas accumulated through past births, which cause the bondage of inauspicious karmas at the time when the soul is enjoying, with indulgence and infatuation, their sweet fruits are called pāpānubandhi punya. And those inauspicious karmas accumulated through past births, which cause the bondage of new inauspicious karmas at the time when the soul is experiencing their bitter fruits are called pāpānubandhī pāpa.
In the world, those men and women who are happy and at the same time live righteous and religious life are to be regarded as having punyānubandhi punya. Those who have means of happiness in their pos
On account of his association with the highly vicious, that is, greatly sinful activities a living being moves from a bad birth to a worse one, just as a man moves from a bad house to a worse one to reside in.(3) The greatly sinful activities in point are those which a person undertakes while experiencing poverty and other miseries as fruits of the accumulated inauspicious karmas. These inauspicious karmas (their fruition) are called păpānubandhi because they are associated with vicious activities. gehād gehāntaram kañcid aśubhäd itaran naraḥ / yāti yadvat sudharmena tadvad eva bhavād bhavam//4// Under the influence of the good and religious activities, a living being moves from a bad birth to a good one, just as a man moves from a bad house to a good one to reside in. (4) The good and religious activities in point are those which a person undertakes while experiencing poverty and other miseries as fruits of the accumulated inauspicious karmas. These inauspicious karmas (their fruition) are called punyānubandhi, because they are associated with the good and religious activities. After these four verses, in the fifth verse Acārya Haribhadra advises man to perform good and auspicious activities while enjoying health, wealth, vehicles, bungalows, etc., as fruits of the accumulated auspicious karmas so that he can attain inexhaustible infinite wealth. In the sixth verse, he declares that mind free from all passions like attachment etc., is the real jewel, it is the inner spiritual wealth of a living being. One who is robbed of this wealth, gets afflicted with miseries and calamities. In the eighth verse, he observes that cultivation of universal compassion, equanimity, quiescence and good wholesome conduct makes our accumulated auspicious karmas, punyānubandhi.
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