Karma — Its operation and an Appraisal

I. We have so far given* a brief analysis of the functions of yoga and kaşaya in determining the intensity and the type of karmic bondage of the soul It is not relevant for us to go into details about the problem The karmic matter undergoes different processes due to its quantitative aspect The Karma

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बन्ध-विवेचन को आगे बढ़ाते हुए कालघाटगी बताते हैं कि कर्मवर्गणाएँ जीव के प्रदेशों में कैसे समाविष्ट होती हैं और फिर बन्धन, संक्रमण आदि प्रक्रियाओं से गुजरती हैं, जिनका विस्तार कर्मग्रन्थ में है। अन्त में बौद्ध 'पत्तिदान' तथा मार्कण्डेय पुराण की विपश्चित् कथा की चर्चा है। Continuing his analysis of bondage, Kalghatgi describes how karmic matter is taken into the soul as karma-varganas and then undergoes bandhana, sankramana and the other processes set out in the Karmagrantha. He ends with the Buddhist pattidana and the Markandeya Purana story of king Vipascit.

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