8 types of karma explain

In Jain Dharma, karma is the subtle matter that binds to the soul due to passions and activities. There are 8 main types of karma:

1. Jñānāvaraṇīya Karma

Covers the soul’s knowledge. It blocks right knowledge.

1. Darśanāvaraṇīya Karma

Covers right perception or faith. It blocks true understanding.

1. Vedanīya Karma

Gives feelings of pleasure and pain.

1. Mohaniya Karma

Creates delusion, attachment, and wrong belief. This is one of the most powerful karmas.

1. Āyuṣya Karma

Determines the length of life in a particular birth.

1. Nām Karma

Gives the body, form, features, and physical characteristics.

1. Gotra Karma

Determines family status, social standing, and lineage.

1. Antarāya Karma

Blocks energy, effort, charity, gain, enjoyment, and spiritual progress.

Simple understanding

These 8 karmas are divided into two groups:

• Ghātiyā karmas: damage the soul’s true qualities

- Jñānāvaraṇīya - Darśanāvaraṇīya - Mohaniya - Antarāya

• Aghātiyā karmas: affect the body and worldly life

- Vedanīya - Āyuṣya - Nām - Gotra

In short

The goal in Jain Dharma is to stop new karma and destroy old karma through:

• right faith,
• right knowledge,
• right conduct,
• austerity,
• self-control,
• and non-violence.

If you want, I can also explain the 8 karmas in very easy Hindi.