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Message of Tattvarth Sutra/152
as well as strengthened by shedding of ignorance [agyan]-false beliefs, superstitions, dogmas, indulgence in pride, prejudices and passions. It is fortified by vows and practice for their riddance. One's right-faith and knowledge suffers due to indulgence in slander, belittling, harbouring jealousy against wise persons. We earn Vedniya karma' by causing grief, hurt, agony killing or harming any being. On the contrary to it benefiting, doing kindness, grace, we earn merit reward of happiness in our life. Then there is 'Mohaniya karma'i.e. deluding - karma based on attachments and passions to be eradicated by meditation and introspection. Another equally obstructive karma is 'Antaray'; always retarding our potential to charity, beneficence, service etc. Lesser ones are our body -karma creating complete fit, fine strong and able body or otherwise, so our status depends inversely on whether we indulged in self praise; blowing our horns, even deriding others' merits and thereby inviting lower scale or status in next birth as well.
The chapter eighth is only an elaboration of the sixth one delineating eight types of karmas .It further summarizes the root causes of them and they are as per 8:1 false beliefs , non abstinence, indulgences, innate passions and body and soul acting relatively together called 'yoga' i.e. another four fold division of these eight types are their basic nature, duration, intensity and amount of karm. pudgals or matter determining consequences. Further broad subdivisions of these eight types of karmas are given . Most important classification is of four obstructive karmas i.e. clouding the inherent qualities of soul of its right knowledge, faith and conduct
