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Neuroscience & Karma
Jhānāvarna karman: Knowledge-obscuring karman-one of the eight main species of karman that obsecures jnana which is one of the eight innate qualities of soul. Kāla : Time; one of the six eternal substances. Karman : (1) Threefold action or activity of a living organism viz., (i) mental, (ii) vocal and (iii) physical or bodily action.
(2) Imperceptible transcendental effect resulting from thought, speech and bodily action; a potential psycho-physical force which is the cause of the worldly existence of soul; it obsures, vitiates and obstructs the eight inmate qualities of the soul through its eight main species. Karma-phala: Fruition of karman, karman rises from its hitherto supine state and manifests itself and gives its fruit (fructifies). Kārmaņa Vargapa : Group of material aggregates capable of being attracted and transformed into karman by living organisms. Kevala darśana, Kevala Jñāna : The basic innate qualities of a soul in its purest natural state; pure and perfect intuition and knowledge; direct experience of the total reality without any contradiction or discrepancy; also see darśana, jñāna. Kaşāya : Passions; the principal armament of the psycho-physical force of karman for perpetuating its existence; it is the main cause of the bondage of new karman and continuation of the worldly existence of the soul, its four bold manifestation viz. angery arrogance, deceit and greed are the sub-species of the deluding (mohaniya) karman. Ksaya : (Total) Destruction of karman; one of the three states of nonfruition of karman.
Manusya ayuşya, Manusya Gati, Manusya Anupurvi : These three sub-species of karman are the joint determinants which bestow the human state to the soul.
Kşayopasama : Destruction-cum-subsidence of karman; one of the three states of non-fruition of karman, applicable to four ghatin karman;
