As detailed in scriptures of Hinduism, all lower forms of life had a soul atman within. Every single act of karma was accounted for. For killing a mosquito, we accumulate bad karma. It is possible that killing millions of mosquitoes was equivalent to killing a human being. All was relative. The doctrine of Bhava karma of Jainism clearly says if […]
We indulge in karma… good or bad! We can burn bad karma only by prayaschitta (Atonement)… there was no other shortcut. It was through path of yoga meditation one learnt intricacies of doing prayaschitta. As we indulged in bad karma, we could also indulge in good karma, positive karma most of time. When we indulged self in welfare of […]
As karma ruled the roost on mother earth, we must understand doctrine of karma in entirety. There were no shortcuts on path of karma except following path of Brahmacharya Vrata (celibacy) that cuts short human journey. It was like taking the fastest elevator instead of routine staircase when climbing Empire State building. Indulging in good karma, positive karma we could […]
Everything in cosmic system including mother earth was governed by inscrutable law of karma… as we sow so shall we reap nothing less or more. If a child was born handicapped and did not enjoy even the basic necessities of life… everything resulted from karma indulged in past life. We just could not undo it. In present life this […]
The bad karma indulged by human beings results in sufferings untold. On spiritual scale, the journey by soul atman existing in our heart gets delayed. The soul atman within gained absolute purity when karma negates to zero! Accumulation of bad karma retards the journey! Bad karma can only be neutralized by indulging in good karma, positive karma… positive thinking […]
So that intelligent human beings do not manipulate inscrutable laws of karma, a portion of karma termed Prarabdha karma could manifest any given moment of time… now, few days later, few months later… few years later or even after many manifestations! If good people suffered in present life for no fault of theirs, all owed its existence to presence […]
Simply wanting never helps. We have to work around things and reach our goal of life! If I wish I could go to moon… what does that mean? Will I ever get the desired results? Look within and try to locate the fault. Why worry about karma of past life that was never in our control. If we suffered in […]
Law of karma clearly stipulates… every single thought positive or negative precipitates into an act of karma! The doctrine of Bhava karma in Jainism clearly says if a murder has been committed even in our thoughts… the sin has been committed! It is a different matter that potency of sin committed in thoughts was much less than actual murder. […]
How does life transfer from one manifestation to another! It was only through inscrutable law of karma. The closing balance of present life becomes opening balance for next manifestation. At the time of death whatever the residual balance of karma accordingly the next manifestation by a soul atman. If the residual balance of karma at the time of death demands […]
When a soul atman manifests human form for the first time, it was based on the karmic cycle of the previous animal stage. One born a human we indulged in karma and the law of karma says, as we sow so shall we reap nothing less or more. If someone suffered in life badly for no wrong deeds committed in […]
As we sow so shall we reap nothing less or more say the inscrutable laws of karma. As ordained by god karma could fructify immediately, few days later, months later, years later or few manifestations later! Precepts of karma, afterlife, heaven and hell though related were not very complex to understand. Karma is that inherent ingredient of cosmic […]
We all drink water… Hindu called it jala, Muslims Pani and English water. English could not say we shall not drink jala. Karma is inherent ingredient of cosmic life that facilitates movement of soul atman from one body to another. Unless human beings indulged in karma our life just could not move on. Everything would become stagnant, decay and die. […]
Based on residual balance of karma at the time of death, our soul atman manifests a new body to start a new journey of life. If the residual balance of karma demands our soul atman manifesting form of a laborer in next life, one just could not be born a Prince! This proves that karma was the governing factor of […]
God taking care of us could not be taken in the literal sense. The karma will be performed by us but prior to indulgence in karma, we invoked the related thoughts that precipitated into action. It is here the role of God comes into play. When we worked for welfare of mankind, our thought process molded in our favour leading […]
Karma was the inherent ingredient of cosmic system that facilitates movement of life from one manifestation to another. In absence of karma no life could evolve in cosmic system, everything would just decay and die. The precept of karma is the most grossly misunderstood precept of Hinduism. The fundamentals of karma could never be measured via medium of science. […]
By limiting our desires and wishes we could establish control over five senses. Control over ego was also necessitated. We just could not remain mesmerized by glare of worldly riches. The essence of life lay in our thinking prowess. Moving from Tamas to rajas and finally sattva was totally dependent on karma indulged by us. Indulging in good karma, […]
Imagine one KG of pure gold in a lump of hundred KG of gold ore. Can this one KG of pure gold separate itself from 99 KG impurities of its own! Unless the ore passes through various mining machinery and processes one KG of pure gold could not be separated from surrounding impurities. Same is the case with a […]
Karma was inherent ingredient of cosmic system based on which life moved ahead in cosmic life cycle. No sooner life supporting planets like mother earth evolved in cosmic system, karma took over! Right from first manifestation as an amoeba (single cell formation) to multi-cell formation, insect life, plant life, animal life… karma was governing. Based on residual balance of karma […]
Enlightenment could not be gained through path of karma yoga or jnana yoga alone. One needs following path of both karma yoga and jnana yoga to reach God in one’s lifetime. By karma Yoga we mean path of nishkama karma yoga. King Janaka (father of Sita in Ramayana) was a perfect karma Yogi. He indulged in affairs of his kingdom […]
Cleansing of self (karmic cleansing) can be indulged only by the individual self. By overpowering five senses and mind we could always negate karma to zero forever. All travelers of spiritual path indulged in karmic cleaning which was a very slow step-by-step process. Overpowering five senses and mind takes time. By indulging in good karma, positive karma most of time […]
How do we define the golden rule, do unto others what we want others to do unto us. This is what karma is all about. As we sow so shall we reap nothing less or more! To manifest present or future our indulgence in good karma, positive karma should be our priority. Only then we could spread peace world over. […]
In the field of pure spirituality ifs and buts did not exist. If we suffered in present life, we owed its presence to negative residual balance of karma from previous manifestations. If we erred in previous manifestations, indulged in negative karma bad karma all the time… how could we expect a bright present! If we desire improving our present, we […]
We are presently passing through Kali Yuga (Dark Age, metal age). Mesmerized by glare of worldly riches, dominated by a bloated ego most human beings world over were after fruits of karma performed. In absence of fruits, the motivation to perform would vanish. It was only in field of spirituality one traveled path of nishkama karma yoga, offering fruits of […]
Bondage of karma is broken only when it negates to zero. The moment our karma negates to zero, it announces absence of dross impurities within a soul atman. Devoid of dross impurities within, the soul atman reaches stage of absolute purity forever. This is the stage when one is called an enlightened one… a bodhi, a Jina… a Mahavira! Freeing […]
Can life exist in absence of karma! Even if one remains idle, karma plays its role silently. Every single thought positive or negative precipitates into an act of karma. Karma was the inherent ingredient of cosmic life through which life moved ahead from one manifestation to another. The closing balance of previous life becomes opening balance for next manifestation. A […]
The realization that karma was only a medium to an end! The moment I realized that burning karma in totality I could reach God in present life… I devoted myself wholeheartedly to path of spirituality. Indulging in yoga meditation I could successfully establish absolute control over five senses and mind. The moment dross impurities within my soul atman removed forever, […]