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(Dravya Punya-Papa) can not harm or be beneficial to the soul.
4. Bandha (Bondage).
"Bandha" means bondage. The staying (lying) of the soul in the impure alienated states (modifications) such as delusion, ignorance, attachment, aversion, merits, demerits etc., is called psychic Bondage (Bhava Bandha). And at the same moment the automatic bonding (uniting) of material particles (transformable into karmic-matter) with the soul into the same region as that of the soul is called material bondage (Dravya Bandha). In this process of bondage, the impure alienated state (Modification) of the soul is the instrumental cause.
5. Samvar (Stoppage).
"Samvar" means obstruction or stoppage of influx. The stopping of impure virtuous and wicked emotions (influx) by means of pure (passionless) modifications, e.g. right belief, knowledge and conduct, is called psychic stoppage (bhava samvar) and at the same mement (according to this psychic stoppage) the automotic (on their own) stopping (cutting off) of
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