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living being such as hatred, anger, greed, ..., are known as Bhāva Asrava, and the influx of material Kārmika particles into the soul region is known as Dravya Asrava. Technically, each material Kārmika particle is a Skandha, i.e., a combination of many Pudgala Paramānu. Kārmika particles are also known as Kārmika-dust or Kārmika-Varganā.
Depending on the nature of Bhāva Asrava and the attachment with those actions of mind/body/speech these Kārmika particles get bondeu 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 Gommatasāra. In Tattvārthasūtra, Ācārya Umāsvāmī writes:
SakaṣāyātvājJīvaḥ karmaṇo YogyānPudgalānādatte sa bandhah. Praksti-sthityanubhāgaPradeśāstadvidhayah.
(Tattvārthasūtra: 8.2 and 8.3) According to these Sūtrā, a living being with Kasāya gets bonded with Kārmika particles. There are four aspects of bonding: (A) Prakrti (B) Pradeśa (C) Sthiti (D) Anubhāga. (A) Prakrti 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. Acārya Umāsvāmī writes: Ādyo jñānaDarśanāvarana Vedaniyamohanīyāyurnāmagotrāntarāyāḥ.
(Tattvārthasūtra: 8.4) This Sūtra gives names of the eight kinds of Karma: (1) Jñānāvaraṇīya (Knowledge obscuring Karma) [5).
Darśanāvaraṇīya (Perception obscuring Karma) [9].
Vedaniya (Feeling producing Karma) [2]. (4) Mohanīya (Deluding Karma) [28].
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