Editing Karma (section)

===Eight Karmas===
There are eight types of Karma which attach a soul to Samsara (the cycle of birth and death):{{sfn|Jaini|2000|p={{page needed|date=September 2023}}}}<ref>{{Cite book |first1=Shiv |last1=Sharma |title=The Soul of Jainism: Philosophy and Teachings of Jain Religion |isbn=978-81-288-1343-6 |date=30 March 2016 |publisher=Fusion Books |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JDPjCwAAQBAJ&q=eight+karmas+in+jainism&pg=PT109}}</ref>

# '''''Jnanavarniya''''' (knowledge-obstructing): like a veil prevents a face and its features from being seen, this karma prevents the soul from knowing an object along with details about that object. This karma obstructs the soul from realizing its essential quality of knowledge. In its absence, a soul is omniscient. There are five sub-types of ''jnanavarniya'' karma which prevents the five types of knowledge: ''mati jnana'' (sensory knowledge), ''shruta jnana'' (articulate knowledge), ''avadhi jnana'' ([[clairvoyance]]), ''mana paryaya jnana'' ([[telepathy]]) and ''kevala jnana'' ([[omniscience]]).
# '''''Darshanavarniya''''' (perception-obstructing): like a gatekeeper prevents the sight of the king, this karma prevents an object from being perceived, hiding it. This karma obstructs the soul from realizing its essential quality of perception. In its absence, a soul completely perceives all substances in the universe. There are nine sub-types of this karma. Four of these prevent the four types of perception; visual perception, non-visual perception, clairvoyant perception and omniscient perception. The other five sub-types of darshanavarniya karma bondage induce five kinds of sleep causing reduction in consciousness: light sleep, deep sleep, drowsiness, heavy drowsiness, and sleep-walking.
# '''''Vedaniya''''' (sensation-producing): like licking honey from a sword gives a sweet taste but cuts the tongue, this karma makes a soul experience pleasure and pain. The soul's bliss is continuously disturbed by experiences of external sensual pleasure and pain. In the absence of the vedaniya karma, the soul experiences undisturbed bliss. There are two sub-types of this karma; pleasure-producing and pain-producing.
# '''''Mohniya''''' (deluding): like a bee becoming infatuated with the smell of a flower and is attracted to it, this karma attracts the soul to the objects that it considers favorable while repelling it from objects it considers unfavorable. It creates a delusion in the soul that external objects can affect it. This karma obstructs the soul's essential quality of happiness and prevents the soul from finding pure happiness in itself.
# '''''Ayu''''' (lifespan-determining): like a prisoner remains trapped by iron chains (around his legs, hands, etc.) this karma keeps a soul trapped in a particular life (or birth).
# '''''Nama''''' (body-producing): like a painter creates various pictures and gives them various names, this karma gives souls various types of bodies (that are classified based on various attributes). It is the ''namakarma'' which determines the body of living organism into which the soul must enter.
# '''''Gotra''''' ([[Gotra|status-determining]]): like a potter makes short and tall pots, this karma bestows a low or high (societal) status on the body of soul. It creates social inequalities and in its absence, all souls are equal. There are two sub-types of gotra karma: high status and low status.
# '''''Antaraya''''' (power-obstructing): like a treasurer obstructs a king from spending his wealth, this karma prevents the soul from using its innate power for acts of charity, profit, enjoyment, repeated enjoyment and will-power. It obstructs and prevents the soul's essential quality of infinite power from manifesting. In its absence, a soul has infinite power.