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Gilāņam veyāvaccam karemāņe samaņe nigganthe mahānijjare mahāpaijavasāạe bhavati |
- Uttarādhyayana, 29.7. That is, – The unencumbered monk that serves a diseased monk causes great karmic destruction and gains the end of karmic bondage.
The activities of mercy, kindness, compassion, charity, service, feeling of friendship, etc., that signify positive non-violence reduce passions and result in auspiciousness of the combination of the activities of the mind, body and speech and the aspirant that has gained the auspiciousness of the activities of the mind, body and speech destroys infinite modes of destructive types of karmas that destroy the inherent qualities of the soul. The scriptures of both - Digambara as well as Śvetāmbara - traditions of the Jainas like the Jayadhavalā commentary of Kasāyapāhuda, Bhagavatī Ārādhanā and Uttarādhyayana sūtra are witness to the fact that compassion destroys sinful karmic bondages and incurs meritorious influx. The influx of meritorious karma matter is not deplorable in any way. This has been discussed at great length in the last chapter. Here, we are considering as to how the auspicious activities of mercy, kindness, compassion, charity, service, feeling of friendship, etc., result in karmic destruction and separation from the soul.
According to the 'Doctrine of Karma', with the reduction in passions the auspicious volitions emerge whereby the durational bondages of seven karma types (except the lifespan determining karma) also lessen. That is, – the earlier bonded durational bondages in respect of these karma types undergo a reduction. Along with this reduction in durational bondages their earlier bonded intensity bondages also get reduced with the reduction in passions due to the effect of auspicious volitions. Like this the auspicious activities result in the reduction of earlier bonded durations and intensities of sinful karmic bondages. This reduction is a means of spiritual weal and is, therefore, acceptable. Now we consider as to how the auspicious activities result in karmic destruction and separation of each type of karma.
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