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Hermann Kuhn
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मतिश्रुतयोर्निबन्धो द्रव्येष्वसर्वपर्यायेषु ॥ २६ ॥
Matisrutayor nibandho dravyesva sarva paryayesu (26)
Sense-perception and external knowledge perceive all six elements (living beings, matter, time etc.), but not all their manifested aspects. (26)
Sense-perception (mati) and scriptural knowledge (sruti) have access to only a limited number of the infinite multitude of aspects, forms and modes the six elements can manifest. These two channels e.g. do not perceive our interactive karmic field that consists of karmic matter (subtle molecules) and surrounds us permanently.53
53 The space that our body occupies contains an infinite number of karmic molecules. Karmic molecules are far subtler than spacepoints. One spacepoint may contain an infinite number of karmic molecules. (One spacepoint is exactly the amount of space that is filled by one elementary particle - paramanu. Elementary particles cannot be divided into smaller parts. They are far smaller than atoms.) Activity attaches a number of these karmic molecules to our interactive karmic field, where they remain for a shorter or longer time.
If we stimulate a (limited) number of these karmic molecules (by our inclinations and intentions), they either cause immediate activity, or attach to our interactive karmic field to manifest activity at a later point in time (latent karma). Without this stimulation by activity that connects consciousness (jiva) to karmic matter (ajiva) - karmic molecules do not have any effect, even if they take up the same space as our body.
Karmic molecules that are attached to us exist only within the limits of the body we inhabit during incarnation. Individual karma is not stored outside the bodily form. Karmic molecules are stationary, i.e. they do not move beyond the limits of the respective
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