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(593) The Jinas call that an ajiva (i.e.. non-soul) which invariably does not have any knowledge of pleasure or pain, does not know what is beneficial and does not have any fear of what is detrimental.
(594) Ajīva should again be known to be of five kinds): matter (pudgala), motion (dharma) rest (adharma), space (ākāśa) and time (kāla): matter has form as it has the attributes of colour etc., the rest of them are verily fornless.
(595) The soul is not perceptible to the senses as it has no corporal form; it is eternal since it has no corporal forny, due to internal activities like the passions, Karma binds the soul, and it is said thai bondage is the cause of mundane existence.
(596) Attachment binds the soul (with Karmas); a soul which is free from attachments becomes liberated from Karmas. Know that this surely is briefly (the nature of) the Karmic bondage of souls.
(597) Therefore, it is desirable to renounce the attachments; do not do anything at any time that brings about an attachment even to the slightest degree; it is due to this that a soul conquers all attachments and crosses over the ocean of worldly existence.
(598) Karna is the cause of merit (punya) and demerit (pāpa): auspicious thoughts give rise to menit while inauspicious thoughts to denierit. Those who are possessed of subdued passions have clean (mental states); those with intense passions will have unclean (mental states).
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