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THE ACTIVITIES
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Svahastakriyā' is doing by one's own hand what should bo done by others. 'Nisargakriya' is approval of injurious or unrighteous activities. 'Vidāranakriya' is proclaiming others' sing. 'Ajñāvyāpādiki kriya' is misinterpreting the injunctions laid down in the scriptures, which one is unable to carry out owing to the rise of conduct-deluding karmas. “Anākānkşakriyā' is indifference to observe the injunctions laid down in the scriptures owing to dishonesty or laziness. These are five activities.
'Prārambhakriyā' is indulgence in activities such as piercing, hewing, slaughtering and so on, or feeling delight when these are committed by others. Pārigrāhiki kriyā' is persevering in one's attachment to worldly objects. “Māyākriya' is deceitful practice with regard to knowledge, faith, etc. ‘Mithyādarśanakriyā' is confirming another's wrong belief by praising actions based on it. “Apratyākhyānakriya' is not renouncing what should be renounced, owing to the operation of karmas hindering restraint and discipline. These are five activities. In all there are twenty-five kinds of activity.
The senses, the passions and vowlessness are the causes and the twenty-five kinds of activity are the effects. These are the channels of influx of karmas which lead to the cycle of births and deaths.
The threefold activity is common to all living beings. Does it mean that there is no difference in the bondage of karma and the enjoyment of fruit? No, it is not so. Though the activities are found in all living beings, these are of infinite varieties according to their ways of thinking and feeling. This is explained in the next sutra.
तीव्रमन्दशाताज्ञातभावाधिकरणवीर्यविशेषेभ्यस्तद्विशेषः ॥६॥ Tivramandajñātā jñātabhāvādhikaranavirya
visesebhyastadvisesah 6. Influx is differentiated on the basis of intensity or feebleness of thought-activity, intentional or unintentional nature of action, the substratum and its peculiar potency.
Owing to external and internal causes, sometimes feeling is intense and at other times it is mild or feeble. One proceeds
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