The Doctrine of the Jainas, Described after the Old Sources c8.173

c8.173

§84. *The Karman*. By discussing the Karman⁴ we return to the field of matter, since the Karman goes back to the fundamental fact of the *poggala*. In the Karman teaching it unites with the other fundamental fact of the *jīva*. The wandering of the souls, a world law (*loga-ṭṭhiti*) among other world laws¹ is exclusively brought about by their being charged with the Karman once and for ever, and this, too, is the primary cause of the world structure (equally called *loga-ṭṭhiti*) (... *ajīvā jīva-paiṭṭhiyā, jīvā kamma-p.; ajīvā j.-samgahiyā, j. k.-s. Viy. 81a; Ṭhāṇ. 132 b, 213 b, 358 a, 422 b.*).