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SUTRAS
TEXT OF THE SUTRAS (2)
4- karma that causes delusion (mohaniya) subdivides into 28 types
5- karma that determines the duration and place of future embodiment(s) (ayu) subdivides into 4 types
6- karma that determines form and features of our body (nama) subdivides into 42 types
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7- karma that determines our status in our social environment (gotra) subdivides into 2 types
8 - karma that causes obstruction in life (antaraya) subdivides into 5 types.
(6) Karma that obstructs access to the five channels of knowledge (jnana-varana) impedes
- our sensory perception (mati)
- our ability to gain knowledge from external sources (shruti) perception (clairvoyance, telepathy)
our
extra-sensory
(avadhi)
- our direct perception of the consciousness of others (manah paryaya)
- omniscience (kevali jnana).
(7) Karma that prevents insight and understanding (darshanavarana) obstructs
- cognition through visual perception (chaksu)
- cognition through the other sense-organs (achaksu)
- cognition through clairvoyance and telepathy (avadhi)
- cognition through omniscience (kevali jnana).
It further manifests
- sleep (nidra)
- deep sleep (nidranidra)
tiredness (prachala)
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