Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v1.c7.s7.t8.62

v1.c7.s7.t8.62

Karmic particles generated by one’s activities flow into *jiva* and impose bondage thereupon, giving rise to reincarnation. *Karma* can be divided into good *karma* and bad *karma*. The former will allow one to enjoy pleasure and live longer, get born into a good family; while the latter will subject one to awful forms of existence. Jainism held that to get released is to break free from the bondage of all the karmic particles. And when *jiva* gets liberated, one will attain a blissful state of consummation.