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influx. The first implication from this is that even the pure consciousness results in karmic influx and the second one is that compassion and purity of consciousness go hand in hand and aid each other. That is, the result that can be achieved through pure volitional consciousness can also be achieved through compassion. The third implication is that it is the pure consciousness and not the impure one (vibhāva) that results in meritorious karmic influx. Actually, the impure volitional consciousness or vibhāva results in sinful and not meritorious karmic influx. These three facts are the heart and the soul of the Jaina culture and its doctrine of karma.
On page 5 of the same Jayadhavalā book 1, Śrī Vīrasenācārya has said that the auspicious and pure volitional dispositions result in karmic destruction also while on page 96 of the same book they have been said to result in meritorious karmic influx. From this it becomes clear that the volitional dispositions that result in meritorious karmic influx are also responsible for karmic destruction. This means that the reasons for meritorious karmic influx and karmic destruction are the same. This implies that more the meritorious karmic influx, the greater will be the karmic destruction. By prevarication we can say that meritorious karmic influx results in sinful karmic destruction. Also, the rule is that which results in karmic destruction cannot result in karmic bondage. Thus, meritorious karmic influx in not a cause for sinful karmic bondage.
Presently, the prevailing viewpoint among the general public in the Jaina society is that where there is karmic influx, there is karmic bondage, too. However, this viewpoint must be considered from the points of view of the fundamental verities of merit (punya tattva), influx (āsrava tattva), and bondage (bandha tattva). If all forms of karmic influx were to result in karmic bondage then there was no justification in considering them as two different elements. They ought to have been combined into one element only. However, karmic bondage takes place due to passions and actions both. Again auspicious activities do not result in karmic bondage and it has been said to be a reason for
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