Some Jaina Canonical Sutras c32.8

c32.8

In Hinduism we find that God inflicts punishment for evil karma (action) whereas in Jainism karma accumulates energy and automatically works it off without any outside intervention. The Hindus think of karma as formless while Jains think of it as having form. According to the Pali Nikāyas an ancient householder teacher of India was the first expounder of the doctrine of action. (Majjhima Nikāya, I, p 483). The Jaina Sūtrakṛtānga speaks of various types of Kriyāvāda or karmavāda then current in India (1. 6. 27; 1 10 17) Buddhism as a form of karmavāda is distinguished from Sathāyadristi involving various types of non-action (akriyā), scepticism (vicikitsā) and formalism (śīlavrata-parāmarśa). One man admits action and another man does not admit it. Both men are alike. The case is the same because they are actuated by the same force, i.e. by destiny. It is on account of their destiny that all beings come to have a body to undergo the vicissitudes of life and to experience pleasure and pain.