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JAINISM: A THEISTIC PHILOSOPHY "GOD IN JAINISM"
Those living virtuous life and happy Those living vicious life and happy Those living virtue life and unhappy Those living vicious life and unhappy
1) Auspicious Karma Related to Auspicious Activities and Resulting in Auspicious Karmas (Punyānubandhi-punya)
All auspicious karmas give a person means of happiness on their fruition. That person acquires wealth, house, etc. on account of fruition of auspicious karmas. He does not indulge in sensual pleasures and spends his wealth in religious and philanthropic activities. He is humble, does not hurt feelings of others, and lives virtuous life. These auspicious karmas are related to auspicious, wholesome and good activities. And as they are related to auspicious activities, they cause, through those
auspicious activities, the bondage of the auspicious karmas, and thus auspicious karmas of this type makes man's life happy, righteous and auspicious, and leads to next birth to experience bondage of further auspicious karmas. It is called punyānubandhi-punya.
2) Auspicious Karmas related to Inauspicious Activities and resulting in Inauspicious Karmas (Pāpānubandhi-punya).
As stated before, all auspicious karmas give a person means of happiness, etc. on their fruition. Of all the auspicious karmas, only some are related to auspicious activities and others are related to inauspicious activities, which would lead a man astray. He spends his wealth in luxurious and vicious activities, indulging in sensual pleasures, and does not like religious and good activities. So these types of karma degrade one's life; and cause low birth. Auspicious karmas of this type are related to inauspicious activities; they
The soul knows and sees all; desires happiness; is afraid of pain; does friendly or unfriendly actions, and enjoys (or suffers) the fruits of them. Pañcāstikāya, 129
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