In Jain Dharma, karma is a very subtle material substance that binds to the soul because of wrong belief, passions, and activities.

Simple meaning:

• The soul is naturally pure, conscious, and full of bliss.
• When a being acts with attachment, anger, pride, deceit, greed, or ignorance, karmic particles attach to the soul.
• These karmas then influence the soul’s happiness, suffering, birth, body, lifespan, and spiritual progress.

Key Jain understanding:

• Karma is not just a moral idea; it is considered real and material in Jain philosophy.
• It is caused by:

- Thoughts - Speech - Actions - especially with passions like anger and greed

Main types of karma:

Jain texts describe 8 main karmas, such as:

• Knowledge-obscuring karma — hides true knowledge
• Perception-obscuring karma — hides right vision
• Deluding karma — causes attachment and wrong conduct
• Feeling karma — produces pleasure and pain
• Body-making karma — determines the kind of body
• Status karma — affects high or low status
• Lifespan karma — determines life duration
• Obstructing karma — creates obstacles

Goal in Jainism:

The aim is to stop new karma and remove old karma through:

• Right faith
• Right knowledge
• Right conduct
• Ahimsa
• Self-restraint
• Austerity

This leads to moksha, the liberation of the soul.

If you want, I can also explain how karma is bound, destroyed, and shed in Jainism.