Answer

Yes, from the Jain Dharma perspective, lack of concentration, laziness, sleepiness, and repeated distractions can be connected with karma — especially antarāya karma and mohanīya karma.

But Jain Dharma also teaches that karma is not an excuse. Through right effort, discipline, and spiritual practices, its effect can be reduced.

Explanation

In Jain philosophy:

• Antarāya karma creates obstacles in effort, energy, success, and ability to complete good work.
• Mohanīya karma causes delusion, attachment, carelessness, and lack of inner clarity.
• Nidrā and laziness can also be connected with negligence — pramāda.

So when you sincerely want to study but still feel blocked, sleepy, distracted, or mentally dull, it may be due to karmic influence. But at the same time, practical causes may also be present, such as poor sleep, heavy food, too much phone use, lack of routine, or weak motivation.

Jain Dharma encourages both:

• Spiritual effort to reduce karmic effect
• Practical discipline to improve daily habits

How to Reduce This

You can try these Jain practices:

• Pray to Arihant Bhagwan before studying. Sit calmly and say with devotion: “May my knowledge-obstructing and obstacle-creating karmas reduce.”
• Chant Navkar Mantra 9, 27, or 108 times before study.
• Do short Samayik or quiet meditation for 5–10 minutes to calm the mind.
• Practice Pratikraman regularly to purify mistakes and reduce carelessness.
• Observe discipline in food. Avoid very heavy, oily, or late-night food before studying.
• Reduce pramāda — carelessness, laziness, excessive sleep, unnecessary talking, and phone distraction.
• Make a sankalp: “For the next 30 minutes, I will study with full attention.” Start small.

Practical Discipline

Along with spiritual practice, do this:

• Keep your phone away while studying.
• Study in short sessions of 25–30 minutes.
• Take a 5-minute break, then continue.
• Study difficult subjects when your mind is fresh.
• Sleep on time and wake up early.
• Sit in proper posture; avoid studying while lying down.
• Begin with easy topics to build momentum.

Spiritual Understanding

In Jain Dharma, knowledge is natural quality of the soul. But karmas cover this quality, just as clouds cover the sun. When we do prayer, mantra, self-discipline, and sincere effort, the covering slowly becomes weaker.

Do not feel guilty or hopeless. Instead, think:

“This is my karma, but through purusharth — right effort — I can change it.”

Takeaway

Your difficulty may be connected with karma, but it can be reduced through Navkar Mantra, discipline, Pratikraman, control over laziness, and steady effort. Start with small study sessions and combine them with sincere spiritual practice.