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This is the Jain view of karma which is indeed different from the Buddhist view of it!!
The karma theory is the scorecard of life and your actions.
Karma is the mechanism that determines the quality of life. The happiness of a being's present life is the result of the moral quality of the actions of the being in its previous life.
A soul can only achieve liberation by getting rid of all the karma attached to it.
Karma is a logical and understandable way of making sense of good and evil, the different qualities of different lives and the different moral status of different types of creature, without having to involve rules laid down by a god.
Karma works without the intervention of any other being - gods or angels have no part to play in dispensing rewards or punishments.
Karma is a concept found in religions which include reincarnation in their beliefs. Different religions have different ideas as to exactly how karma operates.
The Jain idea of karma is much more elaborate and mechanistic than that found in some other Eastern religions.
Karma is a physical substance - Jains believe that karma is a physical substance that is everywhere in the universe. Karma particles are attracted to the Iva (soul) by the actions of that Iva.
It may be helpful to think of karma as floating dust which sticks to the soul, or as types of atomic particle which are attracted to the soul as a result of our actions, words and thoughts. On their own karma particles have no effect, but when they stick to a soul they affect the life of that soul.
We attract karma particles when we do or think or say things: we attract karma particles if we kill something, we attract karma particles when we tell a lie, we attract karma particles when we steal and so on.
The quantity and nature of the karma particles sticking to the soul cause the soul to be happy or unhappy and affect the events in the soul's present and future lives.
It's a compound process in that the accumulation of karma causes us to have bad thoughts, deeds, emotions and vices, and these bad actions (etc) cause our souls to attract more karma, which causes more bad thoughts, and so on.
Avoiding and removing karma
Karma can be avoided in two ways
By behaving well - so no karma is attracted
By having the right mental state - so that even if an action attracts karma, the correct mental attitude of the being means that karma either doesn't stick to that soul or is discharged immediately
Some karma's expire on their own after causing suffering. Others karma's remain. The karma that has built up on the soul can be removed by living life according to the Jain vows.
Outline of karma
Karma is a physical substance
This substance is everywhere in the universe
There are 8 forms of karma
The mental, verbal and physical actions of the Iva attract karma to it. The more intense the activity, the more karma is attracted
The karma sticks to the Iva because negative characteristics of the Iva, passions like anger, pride, greed, make the Iva sticky. Karma can be warded off by avoiding these negative characteristics
If the being is without passions then the karma does not stick, thus a person can avoid karma sticking to them by leading a religiously correct life
Karma must be burned off the Iva in order for it to make spiritual progress. Living according to the Jain vows is the way to get rid of karma
The Iva takes its karma with it from one life to another
Hope this helps
Halcon
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I want to know about reincarnation in jainism.next life depends on karma as jainism s
