Law of Karma

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, " M.S.Thimmappa. " <thimmappams

wrote:

 

 

Thanks Thimmappaji, it was very clear post clearing many doubts.

 

Please write some more on Sanchita, Prarabhdha and agami karma

 

how Karmas are classified into these categories.?

 

our this birth is for which type of karma ?

 

Sadhna has more effect on which karma ?

 

How do we transcend these three categories of karma ?

 

Thanks

 

love always

 

Aum

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, " so hum " <jigyaasuu wrote:

>

> , aumji <no_reply@> wrote:

> >

> >> In some cases God himself forces to surrender and changes a person

> > overnite... i am one of the examples

> >

> babaji, please please share the incident/ attainment of bliss with

> the group.

>

> so hum...

>

dear aumji

i think it is a secret and perhaps you donot want to share it with the

group.

is it so? plz reply

 

so hum...

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, " so hum " <jigyaasuu wrote:

> > babaji, please please share the incident/ attainment of bliss with

> > the group.

> >

> > so hum...

Dear Sohum,

 

what a telepathy !!!! I was writing the reply and meanwhile your

message came.

 

Yes many of the things can not be shared on a public board.. but i

will tell when we meet at the lotus feet of Jawalaji or chamunda.

 

As i wrote earlier, I was almost an atheist till 1992 and my life

was full of vices, i had not read any holy scripture and was not

respectful to any deity/temple (except jwalaji of course)... and

suddenly god brought a storm in my life. I slept as an atheist and

woke up as bhakta, crying and singling for god.

 

God has his ways to bring any person to his path. As we are

discussing, any sadhna done in last birth does not go wasted... hence

we have to wake up in next birth to the same level....and god has a

plan for each one of us.

 

with love always

 

Aum

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Dear AUMji,

 

Thanks for the comment and the interest.

 

Sancita karma refers to the remnant karmas/accumulated impressions of

all our past lives. The present lives for the most people is not

enough to exhaust/experience and erase all the remnant karmas of our

earlier lives. Hence, only a part of it is released for the present

life for 'bearing fruits' and what all we undergo in the present life

( or the most of it ) out of the accumulated past lives karmas is

Prarabdha karma. So, this life is the resultant of sancita karma

only, but all of it may not involve in this life.Agami karma refers

to the the performance of now and the future. Sadhanas(plus the

Lord's Grace!) can completely destroy the sancita karma and make even

the agami karma ineffective. When this happens, only prarabdha we

experience/tolerate/titiksha in this life and say good bye for ever,

no more life/rebirth!

 

Yes, Sir, how to transcend the karmas must be our prime concern.1.

Can we live without imprinting impressions of our actions/vibrations

created by our thoughts and deeds? Unattached/Detached. Or create

thoughts and deeds in such a way that it does not hurt self or others

both in the short and long range so that it does not create/return

back with strong/intense and lasting impressions.2. If we are aware

of every thoughts, feelings, intentions and actions as it occur right

here and now in the Present - shantnuji - then, we are in a flow, we

do not separate from the Reality as it is and as in full, and hence

it leaves no impression/sanskara, it just flows away, leaving us ever

fresh without any garbage/baggage, ever ready to be with the flow of

reality, afresh anew and alive.3.Great message of the Gita on how to

live a yogic life because we have to 'yogastha kuru karmani', do

actions established in yoga. Then, yogah karmasu kausalam, skillful

action emerge. What is its import for routine/ yogic living? Two :

nishkamakarma/self-less(selfish desire-less) action and

karmaphalatyaga/renunciation of the fruits of action for the selfish

end's. Why that way? Because it is not mine to enjoy as mine! Words

of Isha Upanishads haunts me often : Ishavasyam idam sarvam yat kim

ca jagatyam jagat, tena tyaktena bhunjitha ma grdhah kasyasvid

dhanam. Everything is God's, return/renounce and enjoy, do not covet

what belongs to others! jiyo tyag se, bhog se nahi. Bhog burns and

binds, Tyag soothes(peace) and releases! do not bother about own

desires, it will be taken care better this way! It has a multiplier

effect, give whatever that you have, you get it back in bounty!

 

These are the ways - three ways mentioned above for the moment! - of

living that erases all the impressions of the past and leaves no

impressions in future. We will be free, 'empty', poorna, all in peace.

 

Pardon me if I am incomprehensible and overshooting.

 

Best regards,

 

M.S.Thimmappa

 

, aumji <no_reply wrote:

 

> Thanks Thimmappaji, it was very clear post clearing many doubts.

>

> Please write some more on Sanchita, Prarabhdha and agami karma

 

>

> Aum

>

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Dear Sudhakarji,

 

Thanks a lot for your compliment, it is most valuable when it comes

from person like you.

 

Best regards and wishes.

 

M.S.Thimmappa.

, " spbyoga9 " <spbyoga9 wrote:

 

> Dear Thimmappaji,

>

> Namaste!

>

> Thanks for such a beautiful detailed explanation on Karma.

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, aumji <no_reply wrote:

>but i

> will tell when we meet at the lotus feet of Jawalaji or chamunda.

 

babaji

i will wait for the time Maa decides for us to meet at chamunda or

jwalaji. as you said god has a plan for each of us, i am sure the time

will come when you visit there next time. i'll prey for that.

 

regards

 

so hum...

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, " M.S.Thimmappa. " <thimmappams

> If we are aware

> of every thoughts, feelings, intentions and actions as it occur right

> here and now in the Present - shantnuji - then, we are in a flow, we

> do not separate from the Reality as it is and as in full, and hence

> it leaves no impression/sanskara, it just flows away, leaving us ever

> fresh without any garbage/baggage, ever ready to be with the flow of

 

Thimmappaji, this point is excellent - it sums up whole of Karma Yoga

in 1 sentence.

 

Again it shows its not action that binds, but our reaction to it. That

means all this running away from the world, taking sanyaas is useless,

as it is only treating the symptoms, not the disease. The disease can

only be treated by living conciously.

 

with love

Shantnu

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Dear Shantnuji,

 

Thanks for appreciating, it is great, coming from you!

 

Yes, awareness is the key - Prajnam Brahma - we are always in the

Source when fully aware, in a mere witness mode. We had this

naturally as a child; in that innocence of the child everything is

attended to without any value judgement, child gazes at everything

around in alertness and glee, engages and disengages in a jiffy,

child has no problem, he has left it to the world/parent to take care

of him! We have lost it as we grow up, we should have retained that

and of course grow in many other ways, it is possible. Trouble is, we

think we are or have to take care of self, our people and the world

and that puts us in tension, expectations, anticipations - we are

stuck, frozen, missed the flow! As you rightly said, leave it to Him,

after all what care we can take. If we only examine, we realise that

the most of the best happened to us is in spite of ourselves, with no

efforts of us and in fact it appears almost a-causal!It is from Him

we have come, it is He who is nurturing and taking care of us( air

water, crop, etc.,) and it is to Him we return at the end! Why to

think that in between I am the master of myself where we could do

nothing without His grace? Stupid, is it not?!

 

Regards,

 

M.S.Thimmappa.

 

, shanracer <no_reply wrote:

>

> Thimmappaji, this point is excellent - it sums up whole of Karma

Yoga

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, " M.S.Thimmappa. " <thimmappams

wrote:

>> Sancita karma refers to the remnant karmas/accumulated impressions

of

> all our past lives. The present lives for the most people is not

 

Thanks Dear Thimmappa, Now it is very clear and detailed.

Transcending karma is the main aim of all sadhanas.

 

please keep posting such beautiful thoughts

 

love

 

Aum

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HARE KRISHAN ,HARE RAM

 

First of all thanks to all for great Satsang . really it is

excellant

 

after reading all the messages in this topic what i personally

noticed

 

our discussions was started by the SO Hum

 

who said in his posting

 

The best answer for all this i found in this group only. Few

months back, in a discussion on same topic, a learned member stressed

that God does not know what is good or bad karmas, therefore we

should do 100% whatever we do.

 

Here SO HUM concluded that there are no bad no good KARMAS

 

my comments on this : yes it is true that Karmas are neither good

nor bad . it is with respect to a person for me what is good may be

bad for someoneelse.

 

 

than jaya asked the questions

 

1- How will we decide which karma is good and which is bad ? May be

what we think bad is good for us ?

 

2- How do we know which desire/karma is creation of our ego and which

is from God?

 

3- Can we really surrender to god or it is just a state of mind?

 

here 1st question is allready answered by Jaya madem hereself ,

hence there is no question of good or bad karma .

 

it is we who made the karma good or bad .

 

if someone has abused me than my reactions could be

 

1. i have been punished him by any means by reporting to police

and ,.........................

if i am constantly thinking that i have done good by not forgiving

person because that person should be punished for the welfare of the

society , hence i have been made that karma as good karma .

 

2.the same thing could be felt by the me in that way oh i should

have forgiven Him , who am i to punish him , He is also God than why

why i have punished him oh i have done wrong oh my God . so here

this karma is bad for me

 

 

2nd question is the most difficult to understand .

 

my answer is that all the Karmas are created by ego only . God is

beyond karmas . He never does any karma . yes if you understand the

God in that way that ego is also created by the God than i would say

karmas are created by the ego hence by the God also

 

3rd question

 

surrendering to the Lord is beyond the state of mind also .

surrendering the Lord means surrendering the ego and

 

it is the question of debate that could we surrender our ego

completely or not.......

 

Than Shantanu Sir explained beautifully , the concept of

consciousness and you have written as..

 

" Its not actions that are important, but the conciousness they are

done

in. Both the Kauravs & Pandavs killed people in war, but their

conciousness was completely different. Kauravs were killing out of

hate, vanity, ego, while Pandavs were fighting for truth & honour. "

 

 

Here i would say Sir Ji that Pandavas were also in partial

consciouness , Arjuna asked so many questions with the Lord Sri

Krishna as a learner , what is Dharma ,.......they were definetely

with the Satya Dharma , but they were not aware of it

 

i personally think that Bhisham Pitameh , Vidur , Guru Dron ,

ANGRAJ KARNA were more aware ( conscious) than Pandavas . than Sir

ji we were always had opposite views about Angraj Karna . but i Love

you becuase of your feeling is not to BE AGAINST me , but to know

the God to write as maximum as possible to give knowledge to

everybody . OUR views may be different BUT WE LOVE EACH OTHER .

 

and i am really very much thankfull to you for the concept of the

awareness of everything through consciousness , may b e you have

taken wrong example as per my opinion .

 

but than again i would ask you that

do this consciousness has a boundary line also if yes than what is

that . what is the shape of that boundary line

 

than AUM Sir ji gave a very beautifull concept of the raktbeeja as

it creates one demon when it falls on the ground , so Maan Drunked

that blood and reaction of that is finished . but Sir Ji i would ask

a question that . please never be angry with my stupid questions .

as i want to ask more and more questions to gain more and more

knowledge from all of you . thanks a lot Sir Ji

 

is it not possible that while falling the blood on the ground , it

could create a deva instead of one demon .just a thought came to my

mind please comment on it . deva means a thought which could elavate

ourselves in sadhana

 

AND THAN FINALLY

M.S.Thimpa Sir Ji

as per your psoting

 

thoughts and deeds in such a way that it does not hurt self or others

both in the short and long range so that it does not create/return

back with strong/intense and lasting impressions.

 

Sir Ji i think till we are obseving that we are hurting someone or

ourself till that we are not in Yoga . what is your comment on it .

 

i am thankfull to all . for a great knowledge which i have gained

through your postings. no doubt a great change in myself , but than

i have to ask questions on the postings as per my nature , hence

please never mind it , as i am also doing my job.

 

 

Thanks to ALL sadhakas

 

HARE KRISHAN ,HARE KRISHAN ,KRISHAN KRISHAN ,HARE HARE ,HARE

RAM ,HARE RAM, RAM RAM,HARE HARE

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, " jitendra kumar " <jtin_ja wrote:

>

> than AUM Sir ji gave a very beautifull concept of the raktbeeja as

> it creates one demon when it falls on the ground , so Maan Drunked

> that blood and reaction of that is finished . but Sir Ji i would ask

> a question that is it not possible that while falling the blood on

the ground , it

> could create a deva instead of one demon .

 

Dear Jitinder, thanks for your comments.. and no one gets angry on

questions... rather this gives rise to more discussion and more

knowlwedge.. so as long as questions are not to taunt, they are

welcomed. We are all learning from this Group and these discussions.

 

Yesss your idea is really great. But it is only Raktabeeja, a

demon, who has been given this boon. No Deva ever was given such boon.

 

Our mind is like Raktabeeja and its thoughts and actions are drops of

blood.

 

When mind becomes deva.... it loses its blood. A supermind has no

thought or action... it stands still and allows sakshi bhava.

 

Mind of an ordinary person is Raktabeeja and mind of a sadhaka in

Samadhi is Deva.

 

Love always

 

Aum

 

PS: I am waiting for your next question

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Dear AUMji,

 

Thanks for appreciating, coming from a genuine sadhaka like you is

most valuable to me!

 

, aumji <no_reply wrote:

> Thanks Dear Thimmappa, Now it is very clear and detailed.

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Dear Jitendraji,

 

Your questions are most welcome, it reflect your sincere quest and

set the group on discussion which is the purpose of this site as well.

 

, " jitendra kumar " <jtin_ja wrote:

 

> First of all thanks to all for great Satsang . really it is

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Dear Jitendraji,

 

My earlier reply post to you got sent in the middle of it by

accident (touching button inadvertently!)

 

Yes, awareness of what we do, feel, think and intend is truly the

major part, nay the very core, of yoga.

 

Regards,

 

M.S.Thimmappa

 

, " jitendra kumar " <jtin_ja wrote:

>

> HARE KRISHAN ,HARE RAM

>

> First of all thanks to all for great Satsang . really it is

[Guest guest]

> HARE KRISHAN ,HARE RAM

 

> But it is only Raktabeeja, a

> demon, who has been given this boon. No Deva ever was given such

boon.

>

> Our mind is like Raktabeeja and its thoughts and actions are drops

of

> blood.

>

> When mind becomes deva.... it loses its blood. A supermind has no

> thought or action... it stands still and allows sakshi bhava.

>

> Mind of an ordinary person is Raktabeeja and mind of a sadhaka in

> Samadhi is Deva.

>

 

Thanks a lot Sir Ji for reply , thanks

 

 

thanks for clearing my doubt

 

but again something i want to write

 

like Sir Ji devas are supposed to be from Swarg loka and they must

be having astral mind , and you are right Sir ji , that astral

bodies do not have blood they are made of like eather like light

blue in color . blood is just because of the physical bodies. please

correct me If wrong and please add something more .

 

Mind as a whole is one , and when this mind comes in contact with

the impurities it is known as physical mind, astral and casual

mind . Hence mind or supermind is free from all the impurities . i

think mind never dies ie mind remains for foreever even you get

moksha . i am not sure of all these please correct me and please

write something more on mind ........... it is my request to all

please share about the mind

 

 

since devas are definetely superior to human beings and if we

worship them than they can elavate us ie firstly we can become deva

and than again by worshipping there we can progress . this is for

those people who can not do sadhana without accomplishing their

desires. please comment on this too .

 

HARE KRISHAN ,HARE KRISHAN ,KRISHAN KRISHAN ,HARE HARE ,HARE

RAM ,HARE RAM ,RAM RAM ,HARE HARE

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HARE KRISHAN,HARE RAM

 

 

> My earlier reply post to you got sent in the middle of it by

> accident (touching button inadvertently!)

>

> Yes, awareness of what we do, feel, think and intend is truly the

> major part, nay the very core, of yoga.

 

 

THANKS SIR JI FOR RESPONSE

 

My main concern was that in Karma Yoga a person must be aware of His

Karma only . eg an army man sould concentrate where He has to hit the

bullet and nothing matters for Him that time

 

HARE KRISHAN ,HARE KRISHAN ,KRISHAN KRISHAN ,HARE HARE , HARE

RAM ,HARE RAM ,RAM RAM ,HARE HARE

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HARE KRISHAN ,HARE RAM

 

as i have written in my last posting

 

God is beyond karmas . He never does any karma .

 

and i want to correct myself that God also does Karmas , but He is

not bound to do karmas . God does karmas out of Love , Sympathy and

kindness as written by AUM Sir thanks Sir Ji .

 

i have a complain with all the members of this group that why you do

not correct me , even you know that i am wrong for some things which

you know that you are right .

 

but i will surely raise objections where i think that you are

wrong do not worry for that.

 

Thanks to all

 

HARE KRISHAN ,HARE KRISHAN ,KRISHAN KRISHAN ,HARE HARE , HARE

RAM ,HARE RAM ,RAM RAM , HARE HARE

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, " jitendra kumar " <jtin_ja wrote:

> i have a complain with all the members of this group that why you do

> not correct me

 

Dear Jitinder, what you wrote earlier was also correct and what you

wrote now is also correct.

 

Here in sadhna we find our own mistakes not of others... and finding

the mistake ourselves is Sadhna, whereas finding fault in others is

for a common herd.

 

In spirituality everything is true, even if it looks wrong.

 

 

Mind contradicts and argues

 

heart accepts happily

 

and soul smiles

 

Aum

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, " jitendra kumar " <jtin_ja wrote:

>

> HARE KRISHAN ,HARE RAM

>

> as i have written in my last posting

>

> God is beyond karmas . He never does any karma .

>

> and i want to correct myself that God also does Karmas , but He is

> not bound to do karmas . God does karmas out of Love , Sympathy and

>

 

as aumji beautifully said:

mind contradict

heart happily accept

and soul smiles...

 

jitendraji yes, everything is a truth. contradiction happens when we

analyse it with different perspectives. in lower planes of our

existence " I " do everything, in higher planes, its nature or maya, in

much higher planes its God who does everything through us...and

highest planes..nothing is there..all leela of God

 

so hum...

[Guest guest]

> > HARE KRISHAN ,HARE RAM

> >

THANKS SIR JI ,

 

 

HARE KRISHAN ,HARE KRISHAN ,KRISHAN KRISHAN ,HARE HARE , HARE

RAM ,HARE RAM ,RAM RAM ,HARE HARE

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* From where did the concept of Karma originate?

 

The concept of karma originated from the Hindu belief that there is a

perfect universal order named rta or rita in the world. Rig Veda

discusses about rta or rita and God Varuna is the guardian of rta.

Nothing happens at random, but things happen under a universal order.

It is the rta or rita that later became dharma in Hindu scriptures.

That is the reason why it is very difficult to define the word

dharma. Of course dharma is more complex than rta or rita.

 

* What exactly is the law of karma?

 

It is simply the concept, " Whatever a man soweth, that shall he also

reap. " This is the basis of Karmic law. Every action has a result.

There is no such thing that an action without a result.

 

* How does the law of Karma operate?

 

Your every physical action is a deed. Your speech and words are

deeds. Even your thought is a deed! Indeed every thought, word or

deed generates an appropriate reaction and is weighed on the scales

of eternal justice. Nobody can get away from the clutches of karma.

Action is unavoidable even for the incarnation of God according to

Lord Krishna in the Gita. This deed subsequently generates similar or

like reactions to you at an appropriate time in the Karmic cycle of

birth and death. You may or may not experience this result in the

same lifetime!

 

* What happens to us when we die?

 

According to Hindu scriptures, body alone dies. The immortal soul

[atman] within the body never dies. But the path that soul takes is

decided by the past actions of the body, which is also called karmas.

 

* How can you say that the law of Karma is true?

 

You are right. There are no clear cut scientific answers out there.

But look around and see the inequalities around us. Just look at this

small example. A baby is born in the dry deserts of Ethiopia and

another baby is born in the luxury of Beverly Hills ... both are

innocent babies … one dies of malnutrition, the other lives in luxury

… can we explain this other than with Karmic theory!

 

* Does Karmic Law bind God?

 

Yes, if 'It' [the word 'It' is being used here to address God, since

God is neither man nor woman] takes a form on earth [avatar]. When

God came as Lord Rama, he killed a Monkey king by trickery, and when

God came back as Krishna he was killed by the same monkey, in the

body of a hunter. Jesus Christ himself gave up his life on the cross,

to take care of the karmic debt of all the apostles who surrounded

Him. Each time he cured diseases, each time he saved someone from

death, he was voluntarily accepting karmic debt of others. Many late

saints in India, like Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, had accepted

the 'karmic debt' of his disciples. Ramakrishna died a painful death

by cancer.

 

* Can Karmic debt be transferred?

 

Yes. You can transfer Karmic debt of someone else to yourself

willfully like Jesus Christ and Ramakrishna Paramahamsa did. You can

also transfer karmic debt of someone else on to you automatically, by

attacking him/her with a selfish motive. Believe me when Christ

said: " Judge not, ye be not judged, " he expressed what is also

written in many Hindu scriptures. To bring forth mistakes done by

someone with the intention of correcting him or her is not judging.

But maliciously attacking someone again and again, with a selfish

motive can in fact transfer, that person's karmic debt on to you.

 

* How important are thoughts at the time of death?

 

Hindu scriptures say that " Whatever one thinks at the time of death,

one will attain that form and the soul will take a body fast

according to desire to come back to life. " That is why saints will

take a long time to take a body, but people who die of accidents take

to a body very fast. A person, who nourishes evil thoughts thru out

his life, will have evil thoughts as the last hours draw near.

Similarly, a person who has pious thoughts thru out his life will

have pious thoughts at the time of his death.

 

* What happens to a religious and pious man, who having lived a very

disciplined life becomes bad sometime near his end?

 

Well, when a man dies, his soul takes the sum total of good and bad

karmas. If the sum total of karmas is good he will take a better life

form. If the sum total is bad he will take a bad life form. One or

two deeds alone does not decide the soul's final destination.

 

* Can we conclude that if a sick or retarded child is born the

parents and child are equally responsible?

 

As per law of karma, due to past actions, parents are destined to

have a child to worry about and the child is destined to be born with

sickness. Of course, both parents and the child can make life better

by new positive actions. The Karma theory does not condemn anyone -

it gives hope always.

 

* Why should a loving and kind God create this painful process of

reincarnation?

 

Good question. Just like we have no answer for " Why did God put a

forbidden fruit in the garden of Eden in the first place? " Honestly,

Hindu scriptures have not properly dealt with the question stated

above. Hinduism does not look upon God as 'loving', 'caring' etc.

Hindu books say that such attributes about God are 'man-made'. God

has no attributes. Man gave God attributes, so that he can relate to

God. In early books, such as in the Christian Bible, you see God

appearing as 'a father figure'. This was because man wrote the Bible.

If a woman had written the Bible, we would most probably see the

Mother Goddess depicted as God in the Bible. Our problem according to

Hinduism is that we are deluded by maya or illusion. This illusion

makes us forget our true nature - that we are indeed souls. The

answer for our problems is the realization of true knowledge.

 

* Is there a judgment in Hinduism?

 

Hinduism believes in instant judgments. Whenever we act, a judgment

is made according to the type of action we do. So, good and bad

actions are judged and computed in their total essence. Hinduism does

not look at bad and good life forms as actions and reactions. If

someone burns his hands it is not that the fire is judging the

person; instead the person was burnt because it is the nature of fire

to burn.

 

* What should a person actually do?

 

Search within ... since most of the topics under discussion tend to

go above the mind. Only by process of meditation one can realize the

truth. So, by all means meditate and let that meditation lead you to

final answer. Krishna could not teach everything. Buddha could not

teach everything. Christ could not teach everything.

 

Why??? Why???

 

Since subtle truths are above mind. No language on earth can convey

them. Lao Tse said it very well: He who knows does not speak; He who

speaks never knows!!

 

* There is no escape from karma? True or False…?

 

False. When most religions say, " Some will go to hell for eternity

after one life, " Karma and reincarnation concept say, " Salvation is

for all. Finally all will have salvation. " That is mandatory in

Hinduism. There are no losers but only winners in Hinduism. The best

among us will attain that with one life and the worst among us will

attain that with many lives. Once again, everyone has a chance

in 'karma & reincarnation' philosophy. Whereas religions who question

the theory of Karma and reincarnation, give only one chance. If you

do not make it by one chance, you are doomed forever.

 

* How can justice be served if people have no knowledge of why they

are being punished?

 

Karma and reincarnation theory does not say that some one is

punished. The word 'punishment' is not part of the karma and

reincarnation concept. If a child puts his hand in fire and gets

burnt, will you say that the fire punished the child? No. We will say

that the child got burnt because of his ignorance of the fact that

fire burns. Similarly, Hindu scriptures say that we are taking birth

again and again, due to our ignorance of the true divine nature.

Although the may be a little difficult to grasp - but this is the

only answer.

 

* How to be detached?

 

We should put our minds on things; they should not draw our minds to

them! We are usually forced to concentrate. Our minds are forced to

get attracted and attached to different things by an attraction in

them, which we cannot resist. But through special yogic disciplines

like yama, niyama, asanas, dharana etc. we can easily detach our mind

and place it just where we want it.

 

* Practically, what is the correct path to observe for a spiritual

aspirant?

 

A spiritual practitioner should guard himself against two extremes:

Luxury and Austerity. You must not fast, neither be a glutton. Sleep

less, eat satvic food moderately, discipline the mind watching it

every moment and follow your devotional disciplines regularly with

faith.

 

* Is Kundalini awakening the same as enlightenment?

 

It is important not to confuse Kundalini awakening with

enlightenment. Enlightenment rarely results from a single encounter

with the numinous. It is more as if the energetic awakening initiates

an expansion in consciousness, which sets the scene for a progression

of many experiences with transpersonal states of consciousness. The

intensity and duration of each of glimpse varies with our readiness

to contain and integrate them. Thus, the Kundalini awakening is not

an end point in itself, but the beginning of a transformation of

consciousness, which expands our capacity to know the infinite.

Spiritual emergence often includes expanded perceptual abilities,

increased energy, creative expression and a dedication to being of

service for the greater good.

 

* What should one do if one cannot offer prayer at the appointed

hour? Can one pray to God while traveling?

 

Prayer is a must for all. It can be offered to God anytime. God never

sleeps! He is awake and always for you. We should not ignore our

spiritual lives when our bodies are traveling. So you can definitely

pray even while traveling.

 

* Can prayer redeem sins?

 

Yes, definitely! However prayer should not simply be used as an

antidote for sin. We should not think that we could sin as much as we

want and then just pray for forgiveness! That's not the way it works!

Prayer purifies us so that we no longer commit sins. It makes us pure

and holy. It also envisages a trusteeship to God for pardon and grace.

 

* How can I practically relate myself with God?

 

Your mind should be always with Him, yet the hands should be doing

His work. People think that in order to be spiritual, or to be with

God, one must be sitting in the lotus posture in the mountains. This

is not the only way. It is the duty of a few saints to live in

samadhi in the mountains. Their vibrations and the global effects of

their sadhana are extraordinary. But, this is not possible for most

people. So, we must engage ourselves in action; in active, good and

prayerful service for the benefit of all … that is truly the way to

be with Him.

 

* What is the method to overcome the psychophysical impurities of

anger, lust, envy, hatred etc.?

 

Faith in God is the most important and best means of lowering their

inward operations. Learn to sit near and hear and talk to holy and

spiritual people and try to understand the secret of Truth. Their

vibrations will gradually cleanse your impurities. Also, you should

learn to differentiate between duty and self-interest! Even your

intentions remain unfulfilled, worry not, as the Lord knows what is

good for you and will take necessary care. Go beyond the states of

worry and patience. Live life in the spirit of joy, being happy that

you are at least alive to know the Truth for yourself.

 

Life itself is a great benediction!