Karma Vigyaan - The Science of Karmas - Part 1
Bhed-Vigyaan is the soul of Jainism. A deep understanding of this leads to Moksha, infact this is the only way to attain liberation. Jainism doesnt believe in any "doer" God; only in supremely knowledgeable, super conscious God. All Tirthankars achieved Moksha while meditating on their own soul, nothing else. In this blog, I wanted to take you a bit deeper in Jain philosophy, some very counter-intuitive thoughts and the science of karmas. Exactly same actions (eating, killing, walking, loving) lead to divergent karma outcomes for different people? Let me give an example, imagine there are two persons, one ignorant and other knowlegeable (from the lens of Jaina philosophy, say one who has Samyaktva). Assume they are doing the same karmas (read same actions, from the worldly perspective) - enjoying the same pleasures of touch, delicious food, family, married life, kids etc. This leads to shedding of karmas for the knowledgeable person and adding of bondages for the ignorant o...