Karma Philosophy

Author(s): Virchand R Gandhi
Publisher: Agamoday Samiti

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Subdivisions of Class 2.
(Darshana varaniya karma). Darshana, as already mentioned, means detailless knowledge , you simply know a thing as belonging to & class, without going into its attributes of ways of bebaving: in Jnana (knowledge) you know the ins and outs to some extent. Detailed knowledge is Jnana. There are the following 9 subdivisions of this 2nd Class of Karma, namely: 1. Karma which obscures the Darshana, (there
is no one English word which will correctly translate this word) which is received through the eye. Karma which obscures the darshana received through any sense other than the eye (ear,
nose, tongue, or skin). 3. Karma which obscures the avadbi (there is
no equivalent English word) darshana. . 4. Karma which obscures the Kevala darshana.
In the following five states the senses are nor active, and therefore you do not see, or hear, or smell &c. The sleep states in their various degrees are among these states.
5. Sleep from which a person can be awakened
without any trouble, simply by calling his name; he will hear his name but will not hear other conversation or sounds.
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