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Ratnakarandaka-śrāvakācāra
There is no point in the entire space of the universe which has not been the seat of birth of the soul. In this way, the soul has wandered in the entire universe space many times over. The transmigrating soul has been born and dead many times, in the ascending as well as in the descending aeons. Owing to its association with wrong belief, the soul has wandered, with different lifetimes, in all the states of existence, from the infernal regions up to the upper Graiveyaka heavens. Owing to its association with wrong belief, the soul is plunged in all the stages of the four types of bondage – nature, duration, intensity, and space - and wanders in the cycle of thoughtactivity.
Adapted from: Jain, S.A. (1960), “Reality”, p. 57-60.
It is owing to the influence of the associated karmic matter that the soul wanders about in the samsāra. Its natural rhythm of freedom is consequently lost and it undergoes all kinds of changes of form and state in the course of transmigration. Although characterized by pure knowledge and perception, it wanders about, over and over, without a break, in places inhabitable and uninhabitable. The karaṇānuyoga includes description of various kinds of karmas, their bondage and fruition, and stages of spiritual development (guṇasthāna).
Some Scriptures that are part of the karaṇānuyoga are: Trilokasāra; Tiloyapaņņattī; Gommațasāra - Jivakāņda; Gommațasāra - Karmakāņda; and Karmapraksti.
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