Gayatri Sadhana - Further thoughts on Q4

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Sri Tulsidas said: " Our destiny was shaped long before the body came

into being. "

 

There are 3 types of Karma namely ( Sanchita Karma, Prarabdha Karma &

Kriyamana Karma).

 

Sanchita Karma is the accumulated karma of several past lives.

One will find it impossible to experience and endure all Karmas in one

life.

From this stock of sanchita karma, a handful is taken out and given to

us to exhaust in the current life.

Hence, it is the sum of one's past karmas – all actions (good and bad)

that follow through from one's past life to the next.

 

Prarabdha Karma is the portion of accumulated karma that has " ripened "

and appears as a particular problem in the present life.

 

Kriyamana Karma is everything that we produce in current life. All

kriyamana karmas flow in to sanchita karma and consequently shape our

future.

 

Mathematically the third one flows back to Sanchita Karma.

 

Even while trying to exhaust the handful of Karma, we accumulate some

more karma & logically it is almost impossible to to clear the basket of

Karmas,

by following the routes of Karma, Bhakthi & Gnana yoga. The solution to

this riddle is " surrender " to God.When we do the " surrender " or

" saranagathi "

what God does is ...He simply writes of all your sanchita Karmas.( Like

a National Bank writing off Agricultural Loans to farmers!!).

Now we are left with only the prarapta karma.

 

Praraptha karma is divided into 2 parts:

a. Karmas for which one has a deep sense of sorry & regret.

b. Others for which one does not worry or care

 

Out of this, all the karmas for which one has felt sorry (type a) &

deeply regrets that he should not have done such acts, God feels happy &

writes off them from the person.

 

Now one has the portion of Karmas of type " b " .

This is further divided into 2 namely..1.. karmas done unknowingly & 2

done with full consciousness and deliberately.

God really is great here by waiving those done unknowingly.

 

Only now we have to account for the karmas which have accumulated with

deliberate acts.

 

As we have surrendered to God, He will not let us down. So He expects

one to exhaust these karmas during the remaining portion of one's

present life span.

And in that period one will experience several obstacles, misfortunes,

difficulties and hardships. These are positive blessings & will knit

one's muscles more firmly.

 

On completion of the task of Exhausting the karmas, the soul discards

ones body & merges with Him.

 

This, in a nutshell, is the essence of Hindu Karma Philosophy.

 

Inadvertent errors are ignored by Him ..always.

 

Pranam

 

Rajagopalan C V

Trichy-India

 

 

 

Divine Spirit wrote:

 

>

> Q.4. Will one incur divine displeasure if there are some inadvertent

> errors during worship ?

>

> Ans. Absolutely not. The Creator is like our Mother. The Divine Mother

> has only love for her children. How can She punish unless the fault is

> deliberate? One may contemplate on God even while lying on bed (when

> one is sick) or without proper physical cleanliness or rituals. The

> benefits, however small, will definitely accrue. One should not have

> the least apprehension about harm or divine displeasure due to errors

> in worship. If any mistake is committed in the rituals of Tantrik

> Sadhana, the deities, who are mostly demoniac, may get annoyed and

> harm an errant Sadhak. However, Gayatri is the Divine Shakti, the

> affectionate mother, full of forgiveness and compassion. She loves her

> child who lisps and cannot even speak properly. Gayatri is such a

> Kamdhenu.

>

> Even erroneous worship having righteous aims and objectives becomes

> fruitful, if it is faithfully done. It is said about Valmiki that he

> could not even utter Ram properly and by uttering `mara, mara'

> attained godliness. In Rightist path of Sadhana, sentiments are more

> important than rituals. None has been harmed on account of any

> omission in the method of Gayatri worship. Still, if there is any

> apprehension, the guidance of a spiritual master in this path of

> Sadhana can be sought in the matter.