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they do not obstruct soul's four natural fundamental qualities but simply determine its body and external conditions and give auspicious or inauspicious fruits.
Auspicious and inauspicious activities of mind, speech and body as also the impure states of soul cause the karmic material particles rush toward the soul and get mixed with the soul in the manner in which water mixes with milk. This is called bondage. Though the karmic matter is of infinite types, it is broadly classified into eight types. We have already explained these eight types. Again these eight types are divided into two groups - obstructive and non-obstructive.
Ghati karmas
(Obstructive karmatypes)
1 Jñānāvaraṇiya
2 Darsanavaraṇiya 3 Mohaniya karma
4 Antaraya karma
Aghati karmas (Non-obstructive karmatypes)
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IVedaniya karma 2 Nama karma
3 Gotra karma 4 Ayuşya karma
The karmic material particles influxed by a particular act obscure a certain capacity or faculty of soul. This is called prakṛti-bandha (bondage-in-respect-of-nature). They obscure it for a certain period of time. This is called sthiti-bandha (bondage-in-respect-of-duration). Their effects have different degrees of intensity. This is called rasa-bandha (bondage-in-respect-of-intensity). They have certain fixed quantity. This is called pradeśa-bandha (bondage-in-respect-of-constituent-units). But there arises a question as to what are the factors that determine the quality to be obscured by karmic material particles as also the quantity and duration of these particles and the
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