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delusion collectively called passions, P. These may be good or bad, limited and unlimited in numbers. The bad and, therefore, undesirable passions lead to sufferings. In fact, the world is a playground of passions resulting in a mixture of pleasures and pains. The religious path leads to minimising pains/passions to zero and maximising the pleasures (happiness) to infinity. Mathematically, one could say that passions, P or desires D are directly proportional to pains, W and inversely proportional to happiness, H. On one could, thus, express: Worldly Existence, D a P a W
Or, Ha Ra I/P α l/w
(c) World as a Cyclic Whirlpool
The world is assumed to be a cyclic whirlpool. The centrifugal forces of passions and possessions are working upon it for strengthening the rebirth-cycles. In contrast, observance of vows and austerities are working against it to counteract the above process. It is clear that until the centrifugal forces have exceeded the quantum of centripetal forces, no ultimate happiness or salvation will crystallize. Hence, for happiness;
Centrifugal forces of non-attachments >> centripetal forces of
passions
(d) Volitional Purity, Destinities and Karmic Density:
There are four destinities, Dy-infernal, sub-human, human and celestial-for the living beings in order of decreasing karmic density, Dk and increasing volitional purity of the living beings is inversely proportional to karmic density, Dk and destinity. The Jaina system encourages, the living beings to mutate their quality of purity to higher and higher levels through the process of reducing karmic density. Thus, combining the earlier formulae, we have,
Volitional purity, VP a I/Dk
Or, Higher destinity, Dy a I/Dk
Or, Inner Purity a 1/Dy a 1/Dk α H
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