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respectively. Similarly the Jainas also hold that the Karmic matter flows also through emotions (Kaşaya). There are four kinds of ās'ravas : the Krodha ástrava, the Māna ās'rava, the Māyā as'rava and the Lobha as'rava, which put the soul into fetters and hinder the soul's enjoyment of its blissful nature.
The Jainas give a long and elaborate list of the ways by which the soul comes to be tied to the earthly life. They also recognise the Subha and the As'ubha as'rava through which good and evil Karmas enter into the soul. If one obtains good influence by meditating upon the Tirthankara, instead of good Karma merit or punya flows into it. The various kinds of asravas are nothing but those ways by which one comes to be attached to the things of earthly life, which create in him attachment and false impressions. It makes him experience pleasurable or painful experiences, and thus, he moves continuously in the circle of birth and death. The original peace and tranquillity of the Jiva is lost, and thus, he continues to exist in bondage. So long as one remains under the influence of Karma one has to experience the good or evil fruits of it, and thus, remains for ever unsteady and unhappy. : The root cause of the Jīva's falling into bondage is subreption or Mithyātva. The subreption is like the nescience of the Vedānta. It consists in false identification of soul and Karma-matter and their attributes. It consists in wrongly attributing those qualities to the soul which do not belong to it as
1 Stevenson Sinclair;: The Heart of Jainism, pp. 139-40.
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