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LAW OF KARMA
Everyone have
been heard of
word ‘karma’ often in their
life. Now lets know
what is law
of karma, how
it effects each individual in their lives [as per Bhagavat Geetha].
- Understanding Law of Karma without considering the concept of Re-incarnation or Rebirth is not possible. Because both concepts depend on each other.
- The Law of Karma [Karmic cycle] and cycle of rebirth play together in each individuals life and have its origin in India.
- It is said that a person who completely understands the Law of Karma and Rebirth will know “Dharma” and move forward in the spiritual path and also think twice to do bad deeds [sins] in his life.
What is Karma ?
Karma is a Sanskrit
word for “action” or work performed. It includes what you think, say or do. So
Karma is a deed either good or bad.
On the basis
of past, present and future tense, Karma is divided into 3 types: Prarabda Karma, Sanchita Karma and Agami
Karma.
What is Law of Karma ?
It is simple
as well as complicated to understand.
- One individual cannot live without performing any action. The actions which he performs is either good or bad and accordingly he has to enjoy or suffer by them (deeds performed).
- Bhagavad Githa says “If a person is happy at the particular point of time in his life, it means he performed the good deeds in the past (also past lives) by which he deserves now to be happy and quite opposite in the case of bad deeds.
- Also
Devi Bhagavatam says
कालोहि बलवान् कर्ता
सततम् सुख दुखयोः|
नराणाम परतन्त्रानाम्
पुण्या पापानुयोगतः ||
Kaala alone (by
being in the form of God) is the most powerful kartha, who always dispenses the
sukha and dukha to beings based on their punya and paapa. In this matter of
sukha and dukha, human being is helplessly dependent on his own punya and
paapa (good and bad deeds).
Applicability of Law of Karma
· Law
of Karma applies to the individual atomic soul being in the body either human
or non human.
·
For
the people who don’t believe in Law of Karma or re-birth, regardless of their
belief, it is applicable for everyone because it is a natural law.
Contrary to the Law of Karma
One only
with his hard work and determination can make his life good.
This is not
correct as per law of karma. And it [Law of Karma] plays a major role in shaping up each individuals life.
Comparing Law of Karma with Accounting
Accounts show
opening, closing balances with debit and credit amounts.
- Similarly every individual soul has its account known as Karmic account where opening balance is that particular deeds (good or bad) which he performed in past lives and ready to give the results accordingly in present life and this is called Prarabda Karma. Addition and subtraction of Karma will be equal to closing balance (Agami Karma) which is carried forward to next life or that particular deeds which he have to either enjoy or suffer in next life if this is not the last one.
- What
if when a person has only punya in his account (credit balance as per accounts).
Here Bhagavat Githa says he will enjoy living in heavenly planets until the
punya becomes zero in his account and then he is again sent to this material world.
- In
the opposite case where the person has only paapam (sinful acts) then he will
get into the worse bodies in which he can’t even take right decisions, without
even realizing.
Moksha / Liberation
Moksha is a situation
where there is no good or bad deeds (no punya and paapam). Here a question
arises if Prarabdha Karma has to any how give its results either positive or
negative, how that gets waived?
Can you escape Law of Karma?
Yes, you can
escape the Karmic cycle.
In Bhagavat
Githa, it is said that, by becoming Karma Yogi, i.e., being detached witness to
the events of our life, or, being a Jeevan muktha in the words of Jagathguru Sankaracharya, one can escape the Law of Karma.
[Also Read : 22 Incarnations of Lord Vishnu ]
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