Neuroscience and Karma

Author(s): Jethalal S Zaveri, Mahendramuni
Publisher: Jain Vishva Bharati

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building, joint-building, structure building commensurate with the species of the organism are allotted to other sub-types of this karman.
Gotra karman determines the diversities of racial, social and genealogical status and bas two sub-types (a) higb status and (b) low status.
Lastly, the āyuşya (life-span) determining karman has four subtypes which are identical to gati-nāma-karman above viz. (i) sub-animal and animal life(ii) human life (iii) celestial life and (iv) bellish life. Auspicious and Inauspiscious Karman
The four aghāti karman are also classified as (a) auspicious type (punya) and (b) inauspicious type (pāpa). Those types whose fruition leads to enjoyment of pleasure and other blessings of worldly life are auspicious while those whose fruition leads to various types of suffering and misery are inauspicious. Whether a karman will be auspicious or inauspicious will depend upon the nature of the activities at the time of their bondage which may be moral/virtuous or immoral/sinful. It can be easily seen that sātā vedniya karman is type (a), while asātā vedniya karman is type (b). Similarly, high status, celetial and human life are auspicious while low status, hellish and sub-human life are inauspicious. Some of the subtypes of nama karman are auspicious while some are inauspicious.
The number of sub-species are as follows: (1) Jñanavaraṇa karman (2) Darśanavarņa karman (3) Vedniya karman (4) Mohaniya karman (5) Nama karman (6) Gotra karman (7) Āyusya karman (8) Antarāya karman
Total = 148 (xiii)