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be generatable in this 2nd stage, seeing that the animal karmas can be generated, the tiryancha-gati, etc.)
It may be useful here to mention four points of view with regard to karma, namely :
Bandha. Means the process of actually becoming identified with or tied to the karma.
Udaya. Means literally rising up' or coining up' that is to say, the actual showing of the activity of the karina and experiencing the actual result of the karma.
Udiranā. Is the process of bringing the karma into operation earlier than it would naturally come into operation.
Sattâ. Is the state of the karma between the time when it is bound to the soul or absorbed by the soul and when it manifests. It is the dormant karma that is in us.
And it may also be uselul here to mention three states with regard to the karma so far as the working of it out is concerned, namely :
Upashama. This word is a noun, and means control. The state of upashama karma, therefore, would be the state of the karma, when it is pressed down or controlled : controlled by the will just when it is felt to be rising.
Kshāya. This word literally means destruction. So that kashāya karma would be the total
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