Lord Mahavira

Author(s): Bool Chand
Publisher: Jain Cultural Research Society

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( 71 ) : about the transient character of the world, about our helplessness without the truth, about the cycles of world-existence, about our cwn responsibilities for our good and bad actions, about the difference between the soul and the non-soul ; about the uncleanliness of our body and all that is associated with it, about the influx of karmas and its stoppage and the destruction of those karmas which have already entered the soul, about soul, matter and the substance of the universe, about the difficulty of attaining true kncwledge, faith and conduct, and about the essential principles of the world. Corresponding to the two modes of inrush of karmas there are two kinds of ccntrol of the inrush of karma into the soul. Blāvasamvara means thought modifications with a vicw to stop the irfcw of karmas and Karmasanivara or drayya samvara means the actual stoppage of the inflow of karma.
Bandha is the name of the stage after Karwästava as nirjarā is the name of the stage after Karmasanwara. Bandha means the bondage of the soul by the karma, that is to say, subjection of soul to the laws of birth and death, old age and decay, pleasure and pain and other vicissitudes of life brought about by the effcct of karma. The Jain view is that we are, by our actions of mind, speech and body, continually producing subtle karma matter, which in the first instance is called bhāvakarma and later on transforms itself into draiyakarnia, thus pouring into the soul and sticking there by coming into contact with the passions of the soul. The process of generation of Karma and its pouring into and sticking to the soul has been analysed into four stages, which can be clearly distinguished from cach other but not described in the spoken language with sufficient lucidity, bhäräsrava, karmāsrava, bhava·bandha and karmabandha. According as good or bad karna matter sticks to the soul, the soul gets coloured respectively golden, lotus-pink, white, black, blue. and grey ; these are known as iet. Like israia, bandha, karma erc., fuis also have been considered