The relationship between one human being and another was limited to present life but the karmic bondage between one soul atman and another carries on to next life. If we as a soul atman desire the karmic bondage with someone to be burnt in totality, we must inherently ask for forgiveness from that soul atman forever. We must also be […]
If we look deeper from spirituality point of view, we would realize that Lord Krishna in Mahabharata allegorically represents a soul atman existing in human body. Lord Krishna is always depicted as sarthi (charioteer) of the chariot (human body) belonging to Arjuna. Abhimanyu in Mahabharata represents an ordinary mortal, a human being! When death arrives none on mother earth […]
Purification from within means, we as a soul atman gaining absolute purity forever! This becomes possible when indulging in spirituality, yoga meditation one reaches stage of enlightenment. A purified soul atman becomes a Mahavira, Gautama Buddha, Jesus Christ or Prophet Mohammed in real life. For removing dross impurities within a soul atman, our establishing absolute control over five senses […]
Karma is that inherent ingredient of cosmic system that facilitates movement of life on mother earth. In absence of karma nothing in cosmic system would move… everything would become stagnant, decay and die! As per Jaina doctrines every single thought precipitates into an act of karma. How intrinsic was karma can be gauged from the fact that negating karma […]
To cleanse self of dross impurities within, to become a pure soul atman… all human beings on mother earth engaged in karma, the path of action! We must never forget, as detailed in scriptures of Jainism… every single thought precipitates into an act of karma. Indulging in karma human beings did not reach stage of enlightenment. It was negation […]
Everything in life results from residual balance of karma of the moment. As our balance of karma, accordingly shapes our destiny. We all the time are bonded by shackles of karma. If we do not indulge, shape our karma… we remain a slave of our destiny! It is the resultant karma that decides whom shall we get to marry! […]
Indulgence in yoga meditation leads away from bondages of earthly life, which sometimes results in emotional stress… crying/weeping! Journey towards inner self demands cutting across shackles of karma, bondages of physical manifest life forever! This happens only in early stages of yoga meditation. To a serious seeker bondages of personal family life were never disturbing; one always viewed entire humanity […]
In cosmic system everything was directly governed by laws of karma… as we sow so shall we reap nothing less or more! All souls’ atmans were independent of each other. Every single individual on mother earth has to work out ones own karma. We just could not wait for an enlightened one or God himself to assist us in the […]
To understand law of karma, our belief in doctrine of reincarnation was a must. If a person was bad in this life yet had a great residual balance of positive karma from previous manifestations… nothing in this world could make that person suffer. Only when the pot of karma neutralizes, becomes empty… does hell breaks loose for such people. Until […]
Karma yoga demands that we do unto others what we expect others to do unto us. On path of karma yoga there was no scope for practicing negativity. One all the time worked for welfare of mankind. Working for individual self alone does not constitute indulgence in karma yoga. The scope of karma yoga was large enough to encapsulate entire […]
The precept of karma though simple was difficult to understand in spiritual terms. All physical actions constitute act of karma. Every single thought positive or negative precipitates into an act of karma. Karma relates to both tangible and intangible forces of life. Between the tangible and the intangible the difference lay only in karmic marking. If for an actual […]
Donald Trump did not become President-elect of his own, a particular section of entire populace of United States of America voted for him. If Donald Trump falters, indulges in bad karma at any stage of life then we could never hold Donald Trump guilty of the same. As he would be a democratically elected president, the entire populace that voted […]
Seekers reached stage of enlightenment after dismantling all earthly ties, karma to zero forever. In such circumstances how could an enlightened one even think of marrying one? One who has already become a pure soul atman… a living Mahavira, Gautama Buddha, Jesus Christ or Prophet Mohammed could never marry under any circumstances of life. Such an eventuality did not exist […]
Tapas in Hinduism stood for burning karma from within. It was purely a spiritual process, totally unexplainable, beyond capture of words. Indulging in good karma, positive thinking… practicing 100% truthfulness all the time… human beings reduced dross impurities within soul atman gradually. Contemplation on path of yoga meditation was a highly mentally draining process. The more we indulged, greater […]
All children before birth chose their parents. A child always takes birth in a family that matches its residual balance of karma from previous lives. It is not the birthplace but parents… that is predestined. After death of mortal body, the released soul atman immediately manifests a new body based on residual balance of karma at the time of death. […]
On path of karma not even God Almighty could help one. Lord Krishna in Bhagavad Gita explicitly says… every single human being has to indulge in ones karma to reach cosmic end of life. Karma can be negated to zero only by individual effort. None in the community or otherwise could help one. Karma is negated to zero by […]
Suppose my name in present life was Mr. X, then death would mean losing this physical identity forever. What transfers to next life, next manifestation by our soul atman was residual balance of karma at the time of death. The closing balance of present life becomes the opening balance for next manifestation. Our life moves like balance sheet of an […]
As per Hindu traditions whatever our karma, accordingly manifests our destiny. Every sin committed by us does not go unnoticed in domain of god. Law of karma clearly says, as we sow so shall we reap nothing less or more. The karma of one could never be transferred to another, no matter what. A spiritual preceptor can affect karma of […]
Precepts of spirituality contained in Bhagavad Gita could not be understood literally. We can understand the inherent, hidden underlying meaning only by indulgence in path of contemplation, self enquiry, logical reasoning. As per Bhagavad Gita journey of life belonged to our soul atman, the spirit within! Our soul atman manifested human form to work out its karma, remove dross impurities […]
Karma affects children exactly in the same way as adults but intensity of the same may vary on karmic scale. Similar as juveniles are not awarded capital punishment and sent to correction homes, it is quite possible in case of children points awarded on karmic scale varied compared to adults. From spirituality point of view as detailed in Bhagavad Gita […]
Ever since evolution of mankind everything in cosmic system was governed by inscrutable laws of karma. As we sow so shall we reap nothing less or more! We could not expect mangoes to grow on a guava tree. As our karma of present, accordingly manifests our future. Both karma and manifestation were directly related. Belief or no belief in […]
As a human being, in manifest physical self can one ever reach nirvanic goal of life? The physical manifest life was but a medium for our soul atman to reach stage of absolute purity. Concepts like enlightenment, kaivalya jnana, Nirvana exist for travelers of spiritual path, never travelers of material world. A commoner, one from masses not interested in travelling […]
Must we run after fruits of karma… performed by us? The path of nishkama karma yoga of Bhagavad Gita clearly says indulge in karma but never attach self to fruits of karma performed. Working for results and working with unattached attitude are two different aspects of life. King Janaka and JRD Tata, the two Karma yogis par excellence all […]
As a physical manifest human being, you are justified in your concern. What if you were not a physical manifest human form but a soul atman, the consciousness within on its cosmic life cycle of 8.4 million manifestations that entailed an earthly journey of 96.4 million years? As per scriptures of Hinduism we were primarily a spiritual being that manifested […]
Why next life? We can erase every trace of negative karma from present or past lives in present life itself. By indulging in good karma, positive karma all the time… by asking forgiveness from those against whom we harbored ill will, we can negate traces of negative karma from our life. Power of positive thinking is that ingredient that […]
We can negate karma only by indulgence in nishkama karma way of yoga. Offering fruits of karma performed to God Almighty all the time is what nishkama karma all about. And why should human beings offer fruits of karma to God as in absence of fruits many say life seemed meaningless! The path of nishkama karma yoga simply says indulging […]
The war of Mahabharata was not an ordinary war; it was a war to re-establish dharma (righteousness) against evil forces of adharma (lawlessness). Lord Krishna tried his best to appease the other side, the Kauravas but to no avail. He gave a full 13 years before instructing Arjuna to indulge in karma and eliminate all evil forces baring their fangs. […]
Karma is the inherent, integral precept of spirituality that has been detailed in almost all scriptures of Hinduism including Bhagavad Gita, Upanishads (independent treatises) and Vedas (Hinduism revelations). In absence of laws of karma and evolution nothing in cosmic cycle could move ahead, everything would just decay and die. God Almighty always acted as Dhrishta (onlooker) never interfering with creation […]
Indulgence in karma that creates no further bondage is termed path of nishkama karma yoga. When we offered fruits of karma performed to God Almighty all the time, we did not create bondage any further. Our desires and resulting attachment caused bondages in day-to-day life. To free self from cycle of such bondages, our indulgence in path of nishkama […]
Amoeba (single cell formation) is the first manifestation undertaken by a soul atman, the consciousness within. Medically I have no idea if bacteria also had souls’ atmans within. As detailed in scriptures of Hinduism, this single cell formation further evolves into multi-cell formation, insect life, plant life, animal life and finally human form. For the entire cosmos cycle to complete, […]