Jinamanjari 1998 09 No 18

Author(s): Jinamanjari
Publisher: Canada Bramhi Jain Society Publication

Page 31

O Mandika,
<Thesis>There has been a successive occurrence of the body and karman from beginningless time.
<Reason> Because there is a mutual causal relationship [between]. <Example> Just like [in the case of] a seed and a sprout.
This causal relationship is further detailed in the following passage:
VĀBH 2269 (Bandhamok asiddhi):
[asti sa deho yaḥ karmakāraṇam yaś ca kāryam anyasya / karma ca dehakāraṇam asti ca yat kāryam anyasya //] atthi sa deho jo kammakāraṇam jo ya kajjam annassa / kammam ca dehakāraṇam atthi ya jam kajjam annassa //
It is the body which is the cause of [a future] karman and which is the result of another (past karman). It is karman which is the cause of [a future] body and which is the result of another (past body).
Because karman arises from the body as its cause and the body arises from karman, there is no beginning to the succession of the body and karman. This 'beginningless succession' is nothing but samsāra, the main subject of our concern. Even if jiva gives up the body at death, it attains another body from the cause, karman, which is in turn the result of the body. The repeated occurrence of such an abandoning of one body and attainment of the next is samsāra or transmigration.
Depending on the situation in which karman is mentioned in relation to samsāṛa, it is occasionally called kārmaṇaśarīra. following section will be dedicated to the explanation of this concept.
The
Rebirth in Another World and Kārmaṇaśarīra
So far, the relations among jiva, karman and the body have been considered, and it was pointed out that karman can be the means for the production of the body. When the texts emphasize that karman is a cause for rebirth, they refer to it as kārmaṇaśarīra.
VĀBH 2069, Karmasiddhi:
bālasariram dehamtarapuvvam indivātimattāto / jadha baladehapuvvo juvadeho puvvam iha kammam // [bālasariram dehāntarapūrvakam indriyādimattvāt / yatha baladehapurvo yuvadehaḥ pūrvam iha karma //
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