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Karma (Jain)

In Jainism, a fine matter that flows into the soul through activity and passion and obscures its knowledge and bliss.

Also: karman

Jainism, Sikhism and other paths

Jain teaching holds that actions of body, speech and mind draw karmic particles to the soul, and that anger, pride, deceit and greed make them stick. Eight kinds of karma veil knowledge, perception, bliss and energy, or determine lifespan, body, status and obstruction. Liberation requires stopping the inflow and burning off what has bound.