Karma Philosophy

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

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thought that we ought not after all to be so, would show that we were in the second process. The 3rd process is the actual control of the worst anger, pride, deceitfulness, and greed. The end of the apurvakarana is the beginning of the ani-vritti-karana.
When these three processes have been passed through, then the 'knot'is cut, so to speak, and the lowest kind of samyaktva is reached. The 'knot* is the attack upon us of our inborn likes and dislikes, more especially as to convictions regarding conduct, (that it is wrong to kill, etc.) When these three processes have been passed through, then, the three darshana mohaniya karmas and the four worst degrees, just mentioned, are controlled or inoperative.
The worst degree of the four degrees which were mentioned of anger, pride, deceitfulness, and greed, is called the 'anantânubandhi' degree. 'Ano means no, 'ant' means end, ânubandhi' means bound as cause and effect. The whole word means "life long effect'. Anantânubandhi anger is that anger which lasts the whole life time.
When the samvaktva is reached or appears, mithyâtva or delusion is controlled.
Mithyâtva (or delusion, or false belief, or false conviction regarding conduct, e, g, that it would be right to kill) is of several kinds, but can be divided into two, namely:
1. Avyakta or indefinite mithyâtva. 2. Vyakta, or definite mithyâtva.