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CHAPTER VI
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190, 191 and 192. It is declared by the Ommiscient that the psychic states corresponding to wrong belief, wrong knowledge, non-discipline, and psycho-physical activity are the causes of karma such as jñānāvaraṇīya. On account of the psychic states relating to pure perception, etc., the karmic conditions are absent. This absence of conditions in one who has discriminative knowledge causes the blocking up of psychic inflow (bhāvāsrava). If the psychic inflow is blocked up, the blocking of the karmic inflow (dravyāsrava) necessarily follows. When there is no inflow of material karmas, the inflow of nokarmic materials is also stopped. When there is no inflow of nokarmic body-building materials the process of body-building will completely disappear which means the cessation of samsāra.
COMMENTARY
So long as the root cause, identification of the Self with karmas persists, psychic activity to wrong belief, wrong knowledge, wrong conduct, and yoga persists. These form the cause of the bhāvāsrava relating to desire, averson, and dulusion. Bhāvāsrava forms the cause of dravyāsrava or material karmas Material karamas in their turn form the cause of body-building nokarmas. Nokarma is the cause of samsāra. This is the causal sequence. But when discriminative knowledge appears, the Self recognises its own pure cetana nature. This knowledge leads to the absence of psychic activity relating to wrong belief, wrong knowledge etc. Absence of such psychic activities leads to the disappearance of bhāvā srava. When that is absent karma naturally disappears. Disappearance of karmas means cessation of samsāra. This is the order of samvara.
Thus ends the Chapter on samvara
Thus Samvara quits the stage.
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