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Q.VI.3.7 A.VI.3.7
How do the activities become auspicious or inauspicious? Intentions behind activities determine whether an activity is auspicious or inauspicious.
Q.VI.3.8
A.VI.3.8
The cause of influx for the merit karmas (punya) is auspicious / good activities. The cause of influx for the demerit karmas (p pa) is inauspicious / wicked activities. What is the harm in accepting these statements? If this is accepted in totality then we will find non-existence of auspicious activities. Scriptures say 'except the lifespan-determining karma all the seven types of karmas have continuous influx towards the soul. Further the auspicious activities are also the cause of the bondage of knowledge obscuring karma etc at times'. Therefore the above hypothesis cannot be sustained.
Q.VI.3.9
A.VI.3.9
If auspicious activities also cause bondage of obscuring karmas, then why are they called to be the cause of merit karmas? This statement is in the context of non-obscuring karmas. Merit and demerit are the two types of non-obscuring karmas. The cause of influx for the merit karmas (punya) is auspicious / good activities. The cause of influx for the demerit karmas (p pa) is inauspicious / wicked activities. Non-obscuring karmas maintain their existence while the influx of merit karmas continues. The obscuring karmas even rise during this period and hence are bonded as well.
I d"kk; kd "kk; ; K% I ki j kf; ds ki Fk; K% VI.4 Sakas y kas yayoh s mpar yikery pathayoh
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Meaning:
d"kk; I fgr vis d"kk; jfgr vkrek dks ya; kx ds fufelk is Øe 133 I kEi j kf; d vks bt ki FK &vkLko gksrk gA (There are two kinds of influx, namely) that of persons with passions, which extends transmigration, and that of persons free from passions, which prevents or shortens it.
Q. VI.4.1 A.VI.4.1
What are the kinds of influx from other viewpoint? From the viewpoint of the state of the soul; the influx is classified as transgression-extending or s mpar yika (in living beings tainted with passions) and transgression-reduction or ry patha (in living beings free from passions).
Q. VI.4.2 A.VI.4.2
What is meant by transgression-extending/s mpar yika influx? The influx which results in transgression only is called transgressionextending influx.
Q.VI.4.3 A.VI.4.3
Who acquires transgression-extending influx? Living beings tainted with passions and performing activities accrue transgression-extending influx.
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