Philosophy In Jain Agams: Karmic Bondage in Sleep and While Awakening

Buddhists and some other philosophers believe that the good and bad deeds done or followed during dreams, do not become the cause of karmic bondage because in that state, a being is either in an unconscious state or one's consciousness is in unexpressed form. In the accomplishment of those tasks, there is no direct participation of psyche or intention of the dreamer. A Jain philosopher holds that whether in sleep or in an awakened state, the flow of non-restraint state is continued. Non-restraint is influx (Aśrava), which is responsible for continuous karmic bondage. Even in the state of dreams, mode of non-restrain continues, and so karmic bondage continues even in an unconscious stage. The being, who does not renounce violence, continuously indulges in the eighteen sinful activities. Same is the case with all the living beings including one- sensed to five- sensed beings. From this point of view, even in those subtle beings (one- sensed being etc), there is an existence of five aśravas and they do not have restraint in undertaking the eighteen sinful deeds. They do indulge in the eighteen sinful deeds. Hence, even in the unconscious state like dream, sleep etc. karmic bondage takes place in them.^[1]