Karma Philosophy

Author(s): Virchand R Gandhi, Bhagu F Karbhari
Publisher: Devchand Lalbhai Pustakoddhar Fund

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not take place, the soul does not know. You see a picture for instance, but you do not go into the details of it ; you just know in a general way that it is a picture. The Sanskrit for this general is • darshana'. [parazita.]
Class 3. is that karma the result of which is the feeling of either pain or pleasure. Knowledge by itself is not pain nor pleasure, but on account of certain karma in me, I feel pain or pleasure. Experiencing pain or pleasure is different from the consciousness or awareness of pain or pleasure. In consciousness there is no pain or pleasure, though at the time of pain or pleasure there may be consciousness of it. [acaia.]
Class 4. is that kind of karma which obstructs or acts as an obstacle to the formation of right belief and right conduct. Belief (conviction, that it is wrong to kill, for instance.) is different from knowledge. In the worst form of this karma, we believe that which is wrong to be right, and that which is right to be wrong. A sub-division of this karma acts also as an obstacle to right conduct. The person does not intend to act in the right way, he does not intend, there is no intention to act. This karma is an obstacle to the very formation of an intention. [HTETIT.7
Class 5. is the karma which determines the duration of any particular lise period, such as the life on this planet from birth to death. It is