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Vol. 11/No. 2. Eternal Wisdom 15 SUBHASHITA (Ehrfera) ( Various quotations aiding the Eternal Wisdom). ON KARMA (F) In this issue of Prashamarati a very very brief sketch is given of the Theory of Karma as postulated in the Jain Scriptures. It is of interest to read another succint statement of the same topic which is found in Patanjali's Yoga Sutra, which is in accordance to the postulates of the Sankhya philosophy. There are less then a dozen Sutras that cover this vast topic and they are reproduced below. समाधिभावनार्थः क्लेशतनूकरणार्थश्च // 2-2 // Samadhi-bhawanarthaha Klesha -tanu-karanarthashcha. 2-2. 2-2. These (namely Tapa (99 - penances ) Swadhyaya ( Farez19 - study ), Ishwara Pranidhana (feat goat - total submission to God ) as given in Sutra 2-1), are practiced for acquring habitual Samadhi (which has been described at length in the first section of the Yoga Sutra) and for attenuating the Kleshas ( TT: - an imperfect translation is "distractions" (to Samadhi )). अविद्यास्मितारागद्वेषाभिनिवेशाः क्लेशाः // 2-3 // Awidyasmita-raga-dweshabhiniweshaha Kleshaha. 2-3. 2-3. The Kleshas (distractions) are: Awidya (aufaell-ignorance), Asmita (RAAT - the sense of being), Raga (TM - attachment), Dwesha (qq- aversion ), and Abhiniwesha ( 3fafaragt - fear of loss of life). (Note: all these translations are imperfect,