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Bonding of Karma (Bandha)
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accordance with the rise of one's own Karma.
Ācārya Kundakunda further says that it is an erroneous thinking that you can be doer of others' unhappiness or happiness or death or survival. Question: Will such stanzas not make a person irresponsible? Answer: (i) For the guidance two stanzas are insufficient. In the
next two stanzas Ācārya Kundakunda reveals that one gets bonded by sin Karma if one desires to make others unhappy, and one gets bonded by virtuous Karma if one desires to make others happy. A proper understanding of all such stanzas is required in becoming ‘responsible' and ‘kind to the self as well as to others. These stanzas (257 and 258) may be helpful in reducing complaints, guilt, fear, anger, ego, etc. (ii) It may be noted that in this scripture Ācārya Kundakunda is not focused on prescribing any ideology or code of conduct. He is describing the basic philosophy. He is describing the basic facts. Just as various branches of natural science deal with basic facts, and various branches of engineering and medical sciences deal with their application; in the same way Dravyānuyoga of Jainology deals with the facts, and Caraṇānuyoga of Jainology deals with their application. This scripture is to be considered as a scripture of Dravyānuyoga. After reading two lines regarding the law of conservation of energy from the books of physics some persons may not be careful and may not make attempts to save the electricity. With this logic or apprehension the mention of the law of conservation of energy in the books of physics cannot be stopped. (iii) In this regard, the story of Anantji and the related discussion in the annotations of stanzas 247-252 may also be helpful.
