Book Title: Jainism For Beginners Level 01
Author(s): Sayampurnashreeji
Publisher: Sayampurnashreeji

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________________ 7. Status determining Jiva Atma karma _theory (Law Of Cause And Effect) • The Soul is like a magnet. new particles like demagnetization. • Karma is like iron particles. Our kashaya (anger, greed, deceit and ego) attract these particles to the soul which get bound to the soul. Due to this continuous accumulation of karma, the soul has to pass through the cycles of. birth and death. We do this through knowledge, equanimity, tolerance. penance, selfcontrol, forgiveness, repentance, reverence, compassion, meditation and renunciation. The real nature of soul is pure but since time immemorial Karmic particles have enveloped the soul, thereby vitiating its purity. These karmic particles affecting the soul are called Karmanvarganas. Our goal is get rid of all previously attracted particles and stop attracting Here we will have a brief sketch of the eight Karmas. In Section 1, the original qualities of the soul are shown. Suhe In Section II the karma that covers the soul and the reason behind it is depicted and lastly. In Section III. how the particular Karma can be discarded and its result are discussed. KARMA SECTION 32

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