Book Title: Jain Path or Path of Conqueror
Author(s): Kundkundacharya, Mathew Mckay
Publisher: Jain Sahitya Samiti Agra

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________________ ( 42 ) 353. If the right belief-deluding Karma makes a scalá Wrong believer, then the unconscious Karmic matter, according to thee, will certainly become the doer. 354. If right-belief-deluding Karma or right-beliefclouded with slight-wrong-belief (Karma) makes the soul a slightly faulty-right-believer, then the unconscious Karmic matter, according to thee, will certainly become the doer.. 355. Or (ii) this soul causes wrong belief in material substance, then the material substance (will become) a wrong believer, and not the soul. 356. Or if the soul and Prakriti (Karmic matter) cause 11 atter substance to be wrong belief, then being produced by the two, both of them will bear the fruit of it. 357. Neither Prakriti (matter) nor soul causes the material-substance to be wrong belief. Is it not certainly wrong that material substance is wrong belief? 358-359-360-361. And (if) by Karmas, (the soul) is made ignorant ; and also (is made) the Knower by Karmas, (and) it is caused to sleep by the Karmas, and also it is awakened by the Karmas. By the Karms (the soul) is made happy, and similarly by the Karmas (it) is made miserable. And by the Karmas only, (it) is made miserable. And by the Karmas only, (it) is made to wander in the upper, lower, and also in the middle universe, and also by the Karmas is caused all good or bad whatever. The Karma does, the Karma gives, and takes away anything whatever, then all -souls will become actionless. 362-363. If the ancient scriptural teachings of the Acharyas be that male Karma desires .woman, and the woman Karma desires man, then no soul whatsoever will become unchaste

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