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gets the situations that can be availed with pleasure and happiness.
TATTVÄRTHA SUTRA
One of the causes laid here is the observance of restraint with attachment. There is a purpose in specifying the term 'with attachment'. Though one might have taken the vow to observe restraint, he is going to have some degree of attachment till he reaches the delusion-free state. The aspirant, who has not reached that state, may therefore observe restraint while harboring some degree of attachment. Thereby he acquires Karma that provides happy and comfortable situations. If one observes restraints with the sense of detachment, he would eradicate the Karma and would not acquire the new one.
Sutras14 and 15 deal with deluding Karma. One can try to avert the impact of other Karmas, when he becomes aware of the same. For instance, if he finds it hard to memorize on account of the impact of knowledge-obscuring Karma, he can try to overcome that impact by repeatedly reciting it and may become successful. But it is hard to overcome the deluding Karma, because that Karma causes delusion in his mind. He fails to realize that he is under the impact of delusion and as such does not even think of overcoming it.
Delusion is of two types, perception-related and characterrelated. Sutra 14 deals with the former. It states that calumny or slanderously talking about omniscient Lords, scriptures, religious order, religious doctrines or the heavenly beings leads to perception-deluding Karma. Denying the concept of omniscience or insisting that the detached Lords are of no use to us, because they cannot confer happiness or pleasure
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