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CHAPTER VII
CONCLUSION We have seen that the oddities which are found in this world are all due to the effects of different kinds of Karmas. We have seen the causes of Inflow and Bondage of 8 kins of Karmas and their sub-classes. We have seen how this Inflow can be checked and how the shedding of Karmas already bound can be done. The Pure Soul is free from all Karmic matter and is full of the infinite attributes of Omniscience, Omnipotence etc. It is only when the Soul forgets its own true Self (Swabhava) and gets attracted towards material things due to Rag, Dwesha etc. (Vibhava) there is Inflow and Bonda ge of Karmic matter with the Soul and the cycle of mundane existence continues. It is the duty or Dharma of every mundane Soul to get itself liberated from such existences (i.e. from its condition of Vibhava) and bring tt to its Pure True Self (i.e. condition of Swabhava) with its natural and inherent attributes and thus achieve true happiness. The Fourteen Gunasthanas show us how the Soul reaches higher and higher ladder of
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