Doctrine of Karma in Jainism

The doctrine of karma is accepted by almost all philosophical systems of India barring Cārvāka This doctrine of karma has special significance in Jainism In fact, it is a driving force of this system According to Jainism, annihilation of all kinds of karma is liberation¹ and three-Jewels2 viz, right faith in the nine fundamental principles

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शास्त्री उमास्वाति के 'प्रशमरतिप्रकरण' के आधार पर जैन कर्म-सिद्धान्त समझाते हैं: कर्म आत्मा से चिपकनेवाला सूक्ष्म पुद्गल है; बन्ध के कारण चार कषाय, मिथ्यात्व, अविरति, प्रमाद और योग हैं; लेश्या स्थिति तय करती है; आठ मूल कर्मों की सत्तानवे उत्तर-प्रकृतियाँ हैं; मुक्ति व्रत, गुप्ति और तप से होती है। Shastri sets out Jain karma theory, following Umāsvāti's Praśamaratiprakaraṇa: karma as subtle matter sticking to the soul, bound by the four passions with wrong belief, non-restraint, negligence and yoga; leśyā fixing its duration; the eight karmas, ghātī and aghātī, subdivided into 97; release through vows, guptis and austerity.

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