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Samayasāra
Chapter - 5
enlightened soul [with right world-view and vision] is free from the causes of influx (bhāva karma) such as attachment, aversion, delusion (tamhā āsavabhāveṇa viņā paccayā hedū ṇa homti) and without bhāva karma dravya karma is ineffective as the cause of influx and bondage.
(Caduvviyappo hedu aṭṭhaviyappassa kāraṇam havadi) The fourfold conditions viz. perverted world-view etc. become the causal agents for the bondage of eight species of karma (ca tesim pi rāgādī tesīmabhāve na bajjhamti) and the bhāva karma viz., attachment etc., in turn, cause the fourfold conditions. In the absence of psychic attachment, there is no bondage. That is why the enlightened soul with right vision is said to be free from bondage [because there is no attachment and the like].
Annotations:
In the preceding verses, it was said that the attainment of right vision is not sufficient to enable the soul to reach the final liberation, and the soul, inspite of enlightenment, continues the influx of karmic matter. This may perhaps, lower the value of right vision in the reader's view. In the above verses, therefore, the author wants to reaffirm the fundamental importance of the right vision (samyagdrști) and establish its correct values, so that the unprecedented supreme effort of the soul for attaining it is not undervalued.
We have already pointed out that the karma does not yield its fruit as soon as it is bound. It remains inactive for some time before producing the result. This period of inactivity is called the period of non-fruition (abādhakāla) and the karma is said to be in the state of satta [unproductive existence]. It comes to rise [udaya] in order to deliver its fruit after this period and the rise then continues uninterrupted till the end of the duration of bondage [sthitibandha]. The author uses an analogy to explain this important principle of the doctrine of karma. If a man marries a very young-underage-girl, he will be unable to consummate the union until the girl comes of age, attains maturity, and is fit for the purpose. Similarly, some karma bounded in the pre-enlightenment period, might come to rise after the attainment of the enlightenment and become the cause of the influx of new karmic matter and consequent bondage of various species of karma. The bondage is usually of seven main
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