ARTSSCI 3L03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Vinaya, Acharanga Sutra, Yuga
15 Sep 2017
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They see is as a material substance that adheres to the soul. Everything in the world one does involves karma. They categorize it into different types of harming karma and nonharming karma, etc. All karma is considered bad as it keeps one stuck on samsara. One could get rid of nonharming karma through asceticism. A soul finds its station in the universe according to ho(cid:449) (cid:373)u(cid:272)h kar(cid:373)a is stu(cid:272)k to it. A(cid:272)(cid:272)ordi(cid:374)g to jai(cid:374) traditio(cid:374), (cid:449)e(cid:859)re all e(cid:374)lighte(cid:374)ed but that knowledge is obscured by karma. Upon having exhausted all harming karma, a soul ends up at the top of the universe where one spends the rest of eternity (siddha-loka). Given the karmic implication of the engaged life, renunciation is necessary if one wants to escape the cycle of samsara. It is so important to avoid the accumulation of new karma, and to work towards the alleviation of already accrued karma. Jai(cid:374)s are stri(cid:272)t (cid:448)egetaria(cid:374)s a(cid:374)d (cid:272)o(cid:374)sta(cid:374)tl(cid:455) (cid:449)at(cid:272)h (cid:449)hat the(cid:455) eat.
