Hello rajitha,
rajitha said: ““7. A kamma beeja (seed) is also related to bhava; “
Can you please elaborate on this point?”
A kamma beeja (seed) is created from san. San is what we accumulate “as long as one has any type of gati (bad habits), āsava (cravings), anusaya (tendencies that are dormant just waiting for the right situation), samyojana (fetters/chains to wrong beliefs) and one has the ability to pile up more “san” or to do dasa akusala.” Through these above mentioned mental defilements (gati, asava, etc) one creates these seeds for a new bhava (an upcoming existence). It’s like creating the blueprint for a new home, except there’s no eraser to remove mistakes. Quotes are from Lal’s posts on this site.
rajitha wrote: “Samudaya -> Bhava -> Gathi”
At this point in this long beginningless sansaric journey we’re on, it’s more like a vicious circle without Buddha Dhamma. One’s gathi and asava from past lives give rise to bhava that cause samudaya. “Samudaya (where “samudaya” is “san” + “udaya” where “udaya” means “to arise”) or how rebirth-fuelling “san” (piling up seeds) is the cause for future suffering (dukha). Then, one tries to avoid that suffering and creates another kamma beeja for a future bhava. The only way to get off this roller coaster is eliminate the mental defilements (gati, asava, sanyojana, etc), purify the mind.
rajitha said: “The Samudaya is also subject to decay (Vaya). Does that mean the Gathi is also temporary?”
Kamma beeja last 91 maha kalpa before fizzling out. That’s 91 x an aeon (the life of the Earth or the Solar system (roughly about 10 billion years))! Gathi on the other hand change continuously as one changes one’s habits. If one smokes and gets cancer, good chance that person is going to change that habit.
rajitha said: “At what point is the Karma Beeja created?”
Someone correct me here if I’m wrong, but at the time of intention. And the more one continues down the path of continuously thinking about “it” (whatever “it” may be), to speaking about “it”, to actually doing the “it” with bodily action, one is forming new kamma beeja. And the more one puts energy into “it” via mano, vaci and kaya sankhara, the more potent “it” becomes. “It” is just waiting till the conditions are right for expression.
rajitha said: “How is the Karma Beeja related to Asava and Gathi?”
We do what we crave (asava/likings) according to our built up habits (gathi/character traits) and depending on how immoral (dasa akusala) or moral (dasa kusala) those are, one will either create good kamma beeja seeds or bad kamma beeja seeds.
Check out the Living Dhamma section. It’s a great path to get all these concepts worked out.
Much metta!