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CHAPTER VI
INFLUX OF KARMA
The second category, namely the non-living, has been expounded. Now it is our turn to interpret the next category of influx (asrava).
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Kāyavānmanaḥkarma yogaḥ
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1. The action of the body, the organ of speech and the mind is called yoga (activity).
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The words body, mind, etc. have been explained. 'Karma' means action. The action of the body, the organ of speech and the mind is called yoga (activity). The vibration of the soul is activity (yoga). That is differentiated into three kinds according to the nature of the cause, namely bodily activity, speech-activity and thought-activity. Bodily activity is the vibration set in the soul by the molecules of one of the seven kinds of bodies, consequent on the destruction-cum-subsidence of energy-obstructing karmas. Speech activity is the vibration of the soul consequent on the activity of the molecules composing the organ of speech, formed on the rise of physique-making karmas and on the attainment of capacity for speech by the destruction-cum-subsidence of energy-obstructing and sensoryknowledge-obscuring karmas. Thought-activity is the vibration of the soul consequent on the activity of the molecules composing the mind. The mind is formed when there is the internal cause of destruction-cum-subsidence of energyobstructing and quasi-sense-obscuring karmas, which is called attainment, and when the requisite molecules which constitute the external cause are available. Even on the destruction of energy-obstructing and knowledge-obscuring karmas, activity in the form of vibration of the soul is present in the omniscient with vibrations.
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