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meritorious karmic influx. Cruelty, non-compassion, etc., result in sinful karmic influx -
Punṇāsavabhūdā aṇukampā suddhao va uvajoo
Vivario pāvassa hu āsavaheum viyāṇāhi ||
- Kasayapāhuḍa, Jayadhavala commentary, Bk. 1, p. 96. Aṇukampa suddhuvaogo viva puṇṇassa āsavadāraṁ | Tam vivarīdam āsavadāraṁ pāvassa kammassa ||
- Bhagavati Ārādhanā, 1828.
That is, - The auspicious activities and pure volitions result in meritorious karmic influx. As opposed to this, impure volitions and lack of compassion, cruelty, etc., result in sinful karmic influx.
In Jaina philosophy, penance has been said to be the means of karmic destruction and separation and out of twelve types of penances meditation and detachment from the body have been accepted as the best forms of penance. In meditation, the first two subtypes of purewhite meditation have been said to be the means of attaining liberation and final deliverance. These also result in meritorious karmic influx and bondage
Honti suhasava-saṁvarā viņijjarā'marasuhāiṁ viulāiṁ | Jhāṇavarassa phalaim suhāṇubandhini dhammassa ||
- Dhyanaśataka, verse 93; Dhavala commentary, Bk. 13, verse 56. Teya visesena subhāsavādaso'ṇuttarāmarasuhaṁ ca \ Donham sukkāņa phalaṁ parinivvāṇaṁ parillāṇaṁ || - Dhyanaśataka, verse 94. Āsavadārā saṁsāraheyavo jaṁ na dhamma-sukkesu Samsara-kāraṇāim tao dhuvam dhammasukkāiṁ || - Dhyanaśataka, verse 95. The great sage Śrī Jinabhadragani, the author of Dhyanaśataka, says that noble pious type of meditation (dharma dhyāna) results in auspicious or meritorious karmic influx, stoppage of sinful karmic
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