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PRABUDDH JEEVAN
MARCH 2016
ESSENCE OF LIBERATION (NINE TATTVAS)
ENLIGHTEN YOURSELF BY SELF STUDY OF JAINOLOGY
LESSON - ELEVEN O DR. KAMINI GOGRI
[CONTINUED FROM FEBRUARY 2016 ISSUE] 1. That modification of consciousness consisting of 4. Bandha (Bondage)
attachment or aversion by which karmas are
bonded to the soul is known as psychic bondage. The principle of bondage is an important spiritual
Psychic bondage is therefore the alliance of the soul concept of Jainism. It is the bondage which leads one
with mental or psychic activities that are produced to ever increasing involvement in transmigration.
when the soul is excited with attachment or aversion Bondage is caused by influx of kārmika particles.
to the worldly objects. Influx brings bondage. According to Umā Svāmi,
2. There is a union of soul with actual karmas. This sakaşāya tvajjivāh karmano yogyānpudgalādātte
union consists of the interpenetration of the soul and sa bandha. TS/VIII/2)
karmas, and the bondage, resulting bondage is The individual self actuated by passions
called matter bondage. attracts particles of matter filling the
4.2 Causes of bondage environment, which are fit to turn into karma.
According to Umā Svāmi, This is called bondage.
Mithyadarśanāviratipramādakaṣāyayogā How does influx of karmas bind the soul?
bandhahetavah (TS/VIII/1) The process is illustrated by the example ofi e Mithyat va ( wrong a person who has fully smeared his body with
belief), Avirati (nonoil and stands out in the open where wind is
abstinence), Pramāda (negligence), Kaşāya (passions) blowing. It is natural that particles of
and Yoga (activities) are the causes dust should stick to his body. Similarly
of Bandh (bondage). when the soul is rendered weak by various
4.2.1 Wrong belief kinds of passions and thought activities, it
It is the perversity of outlook. Wrong gives room for kārmika particles to stick to
belief in these seven verities is called wrong it and get converted into karmas. It is
belief. It has many subdivisions invariably the process that the psychic influx
like ekānta (solitary or the thought activities are the direct and
viewpoint), viparyaya (opposite of right proximate causes of matter influx.
knowledge), vinaya,
saņśaya (doubt) 4.1 Bhāva Bandha, psychic bondage
and ajnāna (lack of knowledge). and dravya bandh or matter bondage.
4.2.2 Non abstinence It is the conscious state of mind that
It is the absence of self-control. A person binds the karma with the soul when the soul
who has no control over his senses indulges is excited by any of the causes like passion
in sense pleasures and he looses direction or attachment/aversion. Bondage is also of
for self-realization. There are five vows in two types namely
Jainism namely non violence, non-stealing, Bhāva Bandha or bondage by emotion or psychic
speaking the truth, non possession bondage
and celibacy. Non-abstinence primarily means nonand
adherence to these five vows. Dravaya Bandha or matter bondage.
Hinsanristeyābram hparigrahebhyo According to Nemi Canda Sidhānta Deva Viratirvaratam. (TS/VII/1)
Bajjhadi kamman jena du chedanabhāvena 4.2.3 Negligence bhāvabandho so, Kammmadpadesānan Negligence here means indifference to higher values annonnapavesanan idaro.
of life. Indulgence in sensual pleasures leads one to
