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person and follows the usual methods of gaining and yet does not gain.
3. Bhogāntarāya karma; 'bhoga' means enjoyment. This karma prevents the enjoying of objects or things which can be enjoyed more than once; pictures, scenery, furniture, etc. etc. The things themselves are not faulty and yet the person is miserable although surrounded by enjoyable things.
4. Upabhogantarāya karma; 'upa' means less or sub. This karma prevents the enjoying of things which can be enjoyed only once; a cake, a glass of wine, etc. eating and drinking.
5. Viryäntarāya karma; 'virya' means force or power, the will to do. This karma acts as an obstacle to the will power, you would like to do the thing but still you cannot; you know that it is right yet you cannot do it; there is weakness.
This 8th class or antarāya karma is one which covers up one aspect of the real spiritual nature of the soul, so that the goodness is not actual, it is not done actually. Well meaning is nothing, the intellect and the life must be improved. Recapitulation And Total Number of Sub-divisions of All the Eight Classes of Karmas
And so we have in this rough classification of karmas, no less than 158 energies which are in us either active or dormant ready to break out as soon as the circumstances allow or cause.
The quality of the soul which comes out upon the removal of the 7th class of karma, is that the circumstances or surroundings are neither high nor low; and when the 8th class is removed the quality of the soul that comes out is infinite capacities of activity.
List of the 158 Karmas : Class 1. Jñānāvaraniya karma,... 5 kinds, Class 2. Darśanāvaranīya karma... 9 kinds Class 3. Vedaniya karma
2 kinds Class 4. Mohanīya karma ... ... 28 kinds, Class 5 Ayuh karma
4 kinds. Class 6. Nāma karma
103 kinds.
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