Causes of karma in Jainism of the karmic bond are determined by """" and type and quantity of the karmas bound depends on "yoga". Chapter VI of "Tattvārthasūtra" provides a detailed description of various causes for various types of karmas. According to Jain texts, there are eight main types of karma—"jñānavāraṇa" (Knowledge obscuring karma), "darśanāvaraṇa" (perception obscuring karma) "mohanīya" (deluding karma), "antarāya" (obstacles creating karma), "vedanīya" (feeling producing karma), "nāma" (body determining karma), "āyu" (life span determining karma) and "gotra" (status determining karma). "Jñānavāraṇa" and "darśanāvaraṇa" karma are knowledge obscuring and perception obscuring. They are caused by: "Vedanīya", feeling producing karmas can be of two
Jnana Jnana In Indian philosophy and religion, jñāna (Sanskrit, pronounced gya:nə) (Pali: "ñāṇa") or gyan/gian (Hindi: "jñān") is "knowledge". The idea of jnana centers on a cognitive event which is recognized when experienced. It is knowledge inseparable from the total experience of reality, especially a total or divine reality (Brahman). The root jñā- is cognate to English "know", as well as to the Greek γνώ- (as in γνῶσις "gnosis") and Russian "знание". Its antonym is "ajñāna" "ignorance". In Tibetan Buddhism, it refers to pure awareness that is free of conceptual encumbrances, and is contrasted with vijnana, which is a moment of