Bandha (Jainism)


Bandha in Jainism, is the mutual intermingling of the soul and karmas. Bandha comes immediately after the asrava.

Overview

According to the Jain text Tattvartha sutra, the activities that causes the bondage are:
According to the Jain text Samayasāra, a right believer is free from the karma-bandha i.e. bondage.
Champat Rai Jain, an influential Jain writer of the 20th century in his book The Key of Knowledge wrote:

Classification

The bondage is of four kinds:
  1. according to the nature or species of karma
  2. depending upon the duration of karma
  3. Fruition of karma, and
  4. The quantity of space-points of karma