 Certain authors have also noted the strong influence of the concept of karma on the Jain ethics, especially the ethics of non-violence.Once the doctrine of transmigration of souls came to include rebirth on earth in animal as well as human form, depending upon one's karmas, it is quite probable that, it created a humanitarian sentiment of kinship amongst all life forms and thus contributed to the notion of "" (non-violence).The nature of experience of the effects of the karma depends on the following four factors