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past too. That is why the karmavadins have thought it a psychological measure to detract men from these undesirable activities. One could easily realize the daily dwindling effect of karma theory. This has been further aggravated by the latest biological progress when the synthesis of genes has been made to create the type of the living in the laboratory one wishes. Nowhere the past karmas are in demand.
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The Jainas have been well versed in the process of interpolation and extrapolation of the current thoughts and practices. This process in the case of units of time and length and concept of Tirthankaras has already been described. This has led to the loss of credibility even for the descriptions of physical and visible world and its various phenomena. This trend seems to have been extended to the invisible or fine world of karma by linking it with past and future. This has resulted in dethroning even the present despite the best intentions of the theory. It is desirable that it should be taken out to the deep veils of past and future and practiced for the present life for its betterment. Despite many scholars and saints' attempt to justify its present canonical form, it has many spots, which may not be subject to proper clarification either conceptually or intellectually.
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