How many types of Karma? # 4

Article sourced from Jain Philosophy

How many types of Karma?

Karma's are of infinite types, of these there are mainly eight.

Every activity, whether it is physical, mental, or verbal, results in Karma. Since each activity has its own peculiarity, there can be as many types of Karma as the number of activities.

There could thus be infinite types..

Four of them are in the sense that they adversely affect the capability of soul. The remaining four are in the sense they do not adversely affect the capability of the knowledge of the soul.

Knowledge-obscuring, perception-obscuring, deluding, and obstructing are the first four categories. They can be overcome (except for the deluding Karma) by putting in enough efforts. In other words, it is not too hard to overcome the impact of obscuring, and obstructing Karma's.

The deluding category, as the name suggests, is delusive. That deludes the worldly soul, whereby it thinks and perceives wrongly. 

Eg. This is comparable to the situation of a drunkard. If one has taken too many drinks, he loses his sense of judgment. He thinks of different persons and of various objects the way they are not. He loses his discernment and may even think of his wife as being his mother or vice-versa. He thus remains under delusion on account of the impact of drink.

Similarly the worldly soul fails to have the right understanding of Self due to the impact of deluding Karma. Under that impact it forsakes its true nature and identifies itself with the body. Thereby it tends to overlook its true nature and considers the well-being of the body as the only objective.

Under the influence of deluding Karma one thus tries to look for happiness where it does not lie. He does not realize that different worldly situations arise as consequence of his earlier Karma and that they have no capability to provide happiness. He therefore indulges in the sense of attachment for situations that he thinks are the sources of happiness and in resentment for those he considers otherwise.

Thereby he acquires new Karma and continues to wander in the cycle of birth and death. It is therefore said here that the deluding Karma is the most hurtful, and one needs to make all possible efforts to overcome it.

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