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Kshetra vipaaki karma
Like dravya, kshetra (location) can also be the cause of shubh or ashubh karmas eventuating. Proper and auspicious locations can result in punya karmas (virtuous) eventuating. If we are in an inauspicious or negative location, whilst punya karmas may exist, attached to the soul, they will not eventuate. Only paap karma will eventuate.
As location impacts on karmas eventuating, our religion strongly advocates pilgrimages and visits to spiritual centers and temples. Location plays a strong role in paap and punya karmas eventuating and in the reductions of karmas.
Kaal vipaaki karma
Era and timing also plays a role in shubh and ashubh karmas eventuating and in the reduction of karmas. This is why it is imperative and critical to determine auspicious times when performing the ceremonies of Diksha (Renouncing to monkhood) and Prathistha
A soul can attain moksha during the fourth ara (era) but not during the fifth ara.
Whilst a soul can attain moksha from Mahavideha Kshetra in the current ara, no one will attain moksha from Bharat Kshetra. This again highlights the importance of kaal and kshetra in karmas eventuating.
Bhaav vipaaki karma
The impact of inner feelings as a cause factor plays a stronger role in karmas eventuating and showing their impact as compared to dravya, kshetra and kaal cause factors.
Feelings from the heart, whether pure or bad, have a strong impact on our karmas eventuating and can also impact on the karmas of another person eventuating. That is why our religion strongly emphasizes the importance of gaining blessings from our parents, elders and religious teachers, and not any 'ill-will' from any living beings.
The kindness, faith and pure feelings of Tirthankaras can impact the ghati and the aghati karmas of many living beings. Otherwise, how could the Gandharos preach the religious and holy scriptures from Tripadi? How else can one explain a complete revolutionary change in the feelings of Chandkaushik and Goshalo?
Bhav vipaaki karma
Bhav is more powerful than the other four cause factors. Bhav can make a tremendous difference in karmas eventuating. Change of bhav has a significant effect in karmas eventuating. All living beings should be cautious and careful that they do not fall into ashubh bhav (a miserable form of life). Whilst a living being has infinite knowledge in dev ghati, this knowledge only remains until the end of that life. In the next life, if the soul enters manushya or tiryanch ghati, that infinite knowledge does not exist.
✰ Change of bhav will impact on Gnyanavarniya karma. Similarly if a living being moves from a manusya life form to a dev life form, even if born with limited knowledge, the change in the life form will impact upon Gnyanavarniya karma so that infinite knowledge is acquired.
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