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living being such as hatred, anger, greed, ..., are known as Bhāva Āsrava, and the influx of material Kārmika particles into the soul region is known as Dravya Āsrava. Technically, each material Kārmika particle is a Skandha, i.e., a combination of many Pudgala Paramāņu. Kārmika particles are also kņown as Kārmika-dust or Kārmika-Vargaņā.
Depending on the nature of Bhāva Asrava and the attachment with those actions of mind/body/speech these Kārmika particles get bonded with the soul (Bandha Tattva). These Kārmika particles stay together with the soul for some time (may be for a moment or millions of years). The Kārmika particles bonded with the soul function like the computer coded information that affects the destiny. These Kārmika particles go away from the soul after bringing the pleasant or painful circumstances at the appropriate time. Depending on the nature of the future actions, before bringing the pleasant or painful circumstances, some of these Kārmika particles may go away or may be substituted by another kind of Kārmika particles. For details one may refer to the scriptures such as Gommațasāra. In Tattvārthasūtra, Ācārya Umāsvāmī writes:
SakaṣāyātvājJīvaḥ karmaņo YogyānPudgalānādatte sa bandhaḥ. Praksti-sthityanubhāgaPradeśāstadvidhayaḥ.
(Tattvārthasütra: 8.2 and 8.3) According to these Sūtrā, a living being with Kaşāya gets bonded with Kārmika particles. There are four aspects of bonding: (A) Praksti (B) Pradeśa (C) Sthiti (D) Anubhāga. (A) Praksti Bandha (Nature/quality of bonded Karma)
Let us consider an analogy. When we invest some money through a financial institution, then we decide the nature of instrument (gold bond, retirement fund, fix deposit, etc.). In the same way, we choose the nature of the bonded Karma. This selection depends on the nature of actions of the mind, body, and speech. The nature of bonded Karma can be placed into eight categories. Ācārya Umāsvāmi writes: Ādyo jñāna Darśanāvaraņa Vedanīyamohanīyāyurnāmagotrāntarāyāḥ.
(Tattvārthasūtra: 8.4) This Sūtra gives names of the eight kinds of Karma:
Jñānāvaraṇīya (Knowledge obscuring Karma) (5). (2) Darśanāvaraṇīya (Perception obscuring Karma) [9]. (3) Vedanīya (Feeling producing Karma) [2].
(4) Mohanīya (Deluding Karma) [28]. Jain Education International For Personal & Private Use Only
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