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Repetition of Action
(Karma Philosophy)
Raj Kishore Jain Every action has its equal and opposite reaction at that very moment. This is the third principle of motion depicted by Newton while some other people say, 'Every action follows its equal and oposite reaction. But we shall deal here in another type of the action and effect. That we call repetition of action or habit. The word Karma cycle is used in this meaning in the Jain view.
Every function of the soul is its action or modification. 'Action' world is often used in the meaning of doing something quite different from previous deeds (different in the sense of changing degrees of manifestation of a quality etc). But this is a partial statement true for the mundane state only.
Action is of two types : 1. Pure action 2. Impure action. Pure action is the action performed by the soul following own full natural power. Impure action is the action performed by the soul not following its own full nature but a foggy part of it which, in turn, is called follower of pudgala.
Pure action is always full manifestation of its nature. No changes in degrees except the special rythmatic sat-guna-bani- vriddhi (six types of deccrease-increse) of the agurulaghutva guna. But the impure action is a foggy partial manifestation and that is the following/identifying with others in the language of lower levels of Vyavahara).
Karma has two meanings : 1. Present action 2. Repetition facility mechanism Present action is soul action or Jiva-Karma and repetition facility mechanism is Pudgala-Karma. The action or Karma is described in three stages: 1. Bhava Karma (Jiva Karma). is the present impure action of the soul.
Dravya Karma is the repetition facility mechanism. 3. Nokarma is the pudgala device to facilitate the Karma to repeat in feeling and re-action.
[re-action here means 'same action again']. No Karma is mainly mind, body, speech and senses.
These all are the expressions of Karma through which the soul experiences the Karma. Whenever the action in the nokarma is not identified with (by the soul), the action is not repetable and no new karma are bonded.
The Karma bondage is of three types :
1. Bhava bandha- The bondage of bhava karma with the soul. Though the bhava karma is the modification of the soul, it is un-natural manifestation, therefore counted as a separate entity bonded with the soul.
2. Dravya bandha- The bondage of the new pudgala karma with the old pudgala karma i.e. Karman body.
3. Ubhaya bandha (Mutual Bondage) Bondage of the bhava bandha and dravya bandh together.
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