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characterized by perfect non-attachment. Thus, the passions of the first type are very intense, those of the second type are intense, those of the third type are moderate, and those of the fourth type are mild.
The duration of the bondage of karmic matter-auspicious or inauspicious with soul will be long if the soul is afflicted with intense passions at the time when the karmic matter is being bound with the soul. And the duration of the bondage of karmic matter-auspicious or inauspicious--with soul will be short, if the soul is afflicted with mild passions at the time when the karmic matter is being bound with the soul. Thus the duration of bondage depends on the degree of intensity of passions. The stronger the passions, the longer is the duration of bondage. And milder the passions, the shorter is the duration of the bondage. The bondage of the longest duration taking place in respect of any karma is always possible in the case of inauspicious karmic matter alone.
But the case with the bondage of flavour is different. It is as follows: If the passions are intense, the flavour bound in the inauspicious karmic matter is more intense, while that bound in the auspicious karmic matter is less intense. And if the passions are mild, the flavour bound in the auspicious karmic matter is more intense, while that bound in the inauspicious karmic matter is less intense. The more intense the passions, the more intense is the flavour bound in the inauspicious karmic matter and the less intense is the flavour bound in the auspicious karmic matter. The milder the passions, the more intense is the flavour bound in the auspicious karmic matter and the less intense is the flavour bound in the auspicious karmic matter. That is, intense passions generate intense flavour in the inauspicious karmic matter and mild flavour in the auspicious karmic matter, while mild passions generate intense flavour in the auspicious karmic matter and the mild flavour in the inauspicious karmic matter. In short, in the case of the bondage of inauspicious karmic matter, the intensity of flavour varies directly in proportion to the strength of the
1. The samjualana, etc.—the four types of each of the four passions-obstruct non
attachment, the complete self-discipline of a mendicant, the partial self-discipline of the convinced Jaina householder and the wholesome conviction/inclination respectively and cause celestial, human, animal and infernal births respectively. See the following verse: vitaräga-yati-śrāddha-samyagdrstitvaghātakāḥ / te devatva-manușyatua-tiryaktva-narakapradāḥ/1-Acärya Hemacandra's Yogaśästra, IV. 8
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