Doctrine of Karma - Part 3: Sanchita, Prarabdha & Kriyamana Karma

Reincarnation is explained in this way: Your present life has been brought about by a portion (prarabdha karma) of the infinite accumulation of past karma (sanchita karma) accrued over an infinite number of prior lives.
Swami Tadatmananda is a traditionally-trained teacher of Advaita Vedanta, meditation, and Sanskrit. For more information, please see: www.arshabodha.org/

[@hk00]

Absolutely amazed... feeling like found nectar of life and answers to all the questions that puzzled me all along. I am sure there is lot more to know and learn but for this moment, it feels like being enlightened. Thank you immensely for sharing this wisdom.

[@SS-dp7nu]

Can't believe that somebody can explain karma concept so well...Feels blessed..Thank you so much

[@NandaKumarAmbat]

Pranaams, Pujya Swamiji ! I am really fortunate to have listened to these lectures by you, wherein you have explained so clearly the concepts of Karma. You make it seem so simple with such wonderful examples. Thank you once again !

[@krajasegaran49]

This is the first time I was listening your speech. Absolutely excellent Swami. I have really enjoyed your explanation.

[@AWAVEINTHEOCEAN-lc5tf]

The KZbin videos by Swami Tadatmananda and Swami Sarvapriyananda are helping me to realize what Paul Tillich wrote about Absolute Relationship to The Absolute and Relative Relationship to The Relative.

[@maneetgill5461]

Pranaams, Swamiji! A blessing to hear Your videos. Keep gracing us, please!

[@ingridcanales8165]

💫Maravillosamente explicado💫, Swami Tadatmananda⭐⭐⭐. Infinitas gracias, por los subtítulos en español🐣🐬 Cariños sinceros, desde Chile🍁💖🍁💖

[@bhugita]

Many thanks from France for this is very clear and helpful presentation :)

[@alexrichardson6461]

A very interesting series of talks. It brings together many different bits of information I have picked up over the years and fills many gaps I had on karma. Thank you so much.

[@prudhvibhogireddy3661]

Most respected sir. what a great explanation, you are devine voice, brought to earth to explain, unknowable, and make it knowable. Pranaams, I prostrate before you, in reverence, Holy sir.

[@neelammishra7201]

God shows his presence in mamy ways.

[@msfabulousme]

20:11 reminded me what Ramana Maharishi had said about his ability to experience deep meditative states "Some incomplete practice from a past birth was clinging to me."

[@kevinjoseph517]

???

[@vishnuacharya6352]

A nice explanation is given by a modern Indian saint: Karma collection is like a store with its input from above (actions of this life) and out put from a tap below : what comes out is of the oldest actions first: like a computer data: first in last out and reverse.

[@aries5534]

You posess Brihaspathi's wisdom Guru Ji.

[@jyotiprasad5852]

You have answered so many questions which have been pondering my whole life... Thanks a lot Swami ji🙏🙏

[@sanatbakshi3542]

Thanks a million to Swamiji Tadatmanandaji for the customary clarity that he brings to this extremely complex topic, and succeeds in making it understandable to a common person like me in a span of just three lectures. Let us pray that he continues to lead us toward a path of righteous existence so we can add more and more punya karmas to our load of sanchita karmas.

[@suromita]

Thank you 🙏🏼 your explanations are so clear and the voice so reassuring. Pranaam

[@greatgabababa]

Thank you guruji

[@Vybhavdhar]

So succinctly explained Swamiji 🙏🙏

[@alamelukrishnan5851]

Namaskaramji! well explained in simple way to persons like me !

[@kalpeshprajapati5164]

Namsakar&thanks ❤🌹🙏

[@ALavin-en1kr]

Very good and very well explained. Thank you Swamiji.

[@prateepmisra3269]

Swami ji. Pranam 🙏. Thank you so much.

[@vermaraj73]

Thank you swami Ji. You have an amazingly calm and healing style of teaching. A non imposing and kind easy to comprehend even most complicated topic. Thank you.

[@tarungupta19may]

Best explanation of sanchit , prarbadha & kriyaman karam 🙏

[@Maya-tx5xq]

Every video you post teaches me so much. I'm planning to learn everyone

[@annuaravinda]

Explained with such a simple example! thank you!

[@AbhishekKumar-fn6sz]

Blessed to hear with this serenity and ease 🙏

[@ravidasika9589]

Eye opening.... Video

[@casaf2022]

Thank you, I have enjoyed your explanations!!

[@radhajyotsna7976]

Superb explanation of karma principle. Now I have understood how to perform good karma. Good video.

[@ramamanibalaji6343]

I understand how I, an ordinary person, am blessed so much!

[@nyomansujiartha404]

Many thanks Swamiji, you explain the most complicated aspects of Karma (life) logically.

[@jatayubaxi4553]

Great explanation. Om Shanti.

[@tulipbaba]

when papa is exhausted, mummy begins

[@ranjitkhangar1674]

Life is extremely complex and similar complex is concept of papa and punya. But ur excellent explanation of laws of karma helps us to accept tragedies and privileges as prarabhda. It's also encourage us kriyaman karma to be righteous and action oriented.

[@TheDucaticol]

Karma is a trap!!! The endless wheel of suffering MAKES Earth a living PRISON. The world Is getting worse as life passes by, this means there's is so much collective karma that life is becoming a living hell. Liberation is a must....

[@bbat2822]

Absolutely 🙏🏾🙏🏾

[@krishnagiridhar3692]

🙏🙏🙏 pranaam Swamiji. As spiritual aspirant one has to focus on developing good samskaras to have better prospects spiritually. Thank you for making this message very clear

[@virendrarajput3142]

Very nicely explained law of karma. Thank you so much.

[@amiraarora3363]

Thank you Swamami ji🙏🏻

[@srinivasnr1]

Namaste my dear Guruji. Please accept my obeisances. Thank you for this deep teaching.

[@dharmakaya_handcrafts]

Very precise, easy to understand and follow teaching Ji, thank you kindly.

[@tej_s9]

Very profound!

[@subbarao.h.p.8202]

Superb information Swamiji.

[@prakashvakil3322]

Aatmiya GURUJI. Hare Krsna. Irrespective of the KARM performed in previous lives, while experiencing it's Fruits (prarabdha) in this LIFE, one needs to perform GOOD KARM. Such actions shall alter the outcome for better, Satisfaction/Happiness/Contentment in future Lives. Loving you one and all Now and HERE in this Light and Moment.

[@King33337]

Just like the Matrix. Om Shanti Shanti Shanti....

[@shyaaammeneen63]

Excellent video--very well explained

[@traceyjanebunch3024]

Thank you

[@STPT-SaiBaba]

Namastey Swami ji 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼. I am enjoying each of your videos a lot. You can say I'm HOOKED to your explanations. Atmabodha by Shankracharya is at the top of the list. After listening to this doctrine of Karma, it seems like endless lives and deaths and no way to exit (Moksha) this cycle or burn the Sanchita Karma..I have following questions. 1. In your opinion, what's the way to break this cycle of life and death? 2.Who controls this cycle of Life and Death? 3. What's the purpose of it all? 4. Who decides the definition of Paap and Punya? Waiting anxiously for your reply. 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@shrirama2932]

sir you can mine answers to your life question in various episodes of this swamiji and others like swamy Sarvapriyananda. vedantha has wast knowledge base.

[@STPT-SaiBaba]

@@shrirama2932 Thank you

[@annes9954]

beautifully explained

[@shivajipandharkar3002]

Very nice and perfect explanation

[@vermaraj73]

Thank you swami Ji

[@tjuwelaartapke1199]

The maha bharata has enorm stories to understand this and more

[@BruceWayne-gj9gv]

SUPER SUPER SUPER 💕 explanation

[@sandyyyy231]

Clear explanation.

[@kafikfishna8806]

Also, going back to the apple analogy: according to the explanation above, amount of karmic fructification requirement dictates the length of a life lived. Well, who or what does determine how much Karmic baggage one is born with? I mean, it seems more sensible to have a long enough life to work out or fructify as much Karma as possible, than coming back too often. In other words, I am asking who packs the bags of apple and based on what criteria before we land in a life?

[@madeyasa5379]

Thanks you for clear explanation

[@neilsahota297]

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[@ex0394]

Thank you :}

[@VisionTimes]

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[@Multi5111]

Brilliant speaker very clear explanation

[@briandartt9731]

Namaste Swami. The infinite nature of our past karma fascinates me when layered onto infinite universes in a cycle. If all is Brahman, then would it not make sense that each of our subtle bodies is actually the same subtle body being reincarnated an infinite number of times, even in the past of this universe? Would this mean we all share the same exact pool of infinite "past" karma? It's all a manifestation of the same Atman, the same Brahman, is it not? I have to admit, the balance would be poetic... When you commit bad karma against someone, you are directly delivering the fruits of that karma to yourself in a "future" life. It pairs nicely with the truth that we are all the same Atman, and Brahman. I know it's mind-bending and a cyclical paradox, but the cyclical series of infinite universes is a mind-bending cyclical paradox itself, is it not? It seems to me like the flow of time as we understand it would be inconsequential in matters of reincarnation, since it's also self-evident that space is inconsequential based on the variety of "worlds" on which one can be reincarnated (and time and space are bound together thanks to Einstein's confirmed scientific theories). I would love to hear your thoughts, and anyone elses thoughts on the matter. I am still new to Vendantic teachings, but I am burning to learn more as this theology and philosophy has spoke to my heart in a way I have never felt anywhere else (unlike the new age ego-inflation culture that trapped my spiritual growth for years).

[@briandartt9731]

Also, I realize that liberation from the cycle needs to be allowed, as is taught in scripture. If it's the same subtle body being reincarnated, I know this raises the question... How is liberation possible? I think the answer is in the nature of infinity. If we can accept that time-based causality is inconsequential, and infinite reincarnations each can lead to birth at any point in time and space in any one of an infinite number of universes, then there should exist an infinite number of lifetimes in which the same subtle body can achieve liberation. I know it's a stretch... But infinity can stretch pretty far, right? 😆

[@raymukhtar6806]

I agree. We are all one Consciousness, Brahman, and thus we share the infinite pool of karma. However, I believe there are "layers" to the after life. The ultimate is achieved by Moksha--true liberation from the cycle-- when we go back to "source". However, anything short of that puts us in a world below, a world where our subtle body stays in tact with it's greatest impressions, or karmas, and directly enters the next life with them, and what we enter, or the "world" we enter at that given time, is determined by our collective karma. The world events we are born into is our collective karma, and within that you reap your personal karma. Layers. In my view it is all layers. The world itself is a reflection of ourselves. This is my understanding, and i am seeking the Vedanta to see if it explains this further. It is best understood in terms of dimensions. And i hope these teachings talk about dimensions. I enjoyed your comment. Very thoughtful. And I am curious as to your opinion on my views. Take care, reflection. :D

[@enochanglin3546]

I have the idea in my mind that it is upon the "end" of this universe when the experience of true moksha takes place in the moments of singularity before the "beginning". Thus the universe itself is in the cycle of karma, born with the infinite store of infinite karma from infinite universes. Yet, I know it to be untrue. I do not know how I know, but the concepts we use are only tools to expand a limited view, to try to grasp that all there is simply is, there is only "to be", and that which is "being" is Brahman. I know it, I feel it deeply. It is known so deeply, the expansion outwards only makes it feel deeper. I don't know if I could explain, as I cannot teach what is already known. Something so intrinsic that it takes billions of people to try and explain, and yet still no one can make it known, because... Well, how can you illuminate the sun?

[@danishm.3417]

The real question is how to know what we did wrong in any of our previous incarnations and what is the lesson we need to learn, i.e. what is our Prarabdh Karma? What to make of incessant and unjustified failures in life? That's our Papa Karma? In this case, is there any hope left, or should we stop struggling because it would be in vain? Similarly, if someone is successful beyond his/her actual abilities, should that mean that person is rewarded by his/her previous good/Punya karma? But why such a reward in a yet another earthly life, why not simply Moksha?

[@julyrosales]

My Guru says become enlightened and then the game begins!!!!

[@bharat7917]

This presentation raises more questions than answers. How does the doctrine of Karma correlate with the ultimate goal of attainment of Moksha?? Can one attain Moksha without complete fructification of one's Karmas? If yes, many of the Karmas would remain unfructified. In that scenario, is it possible to perfectly "balance the ledger" by making / attaining an equal weightage of Punya and Paapa Adrishta Phalas, or just making the "ledger" somehow go away ?? If we assume that complete fructification of all our Sanchit Karmas is a necessary condition for attaining Moksha and the "ledger" cannot be "balanced" or done away with otherwise, we can never attain Moksha if we take into account Sanchit Karmas carrying over from previously formed (and dissolved) universes, as these Karmas would then be infinite in number, hence inexhaustible. The only plausible way out, then, is to consider that: 1. The Sanchit Karmas of only the current cycle of creation are part of our "ledger", hence are finite and can all be fructified, paving the way for Moksha. 2. The existence span of this universe (i.e. the time of dissolution of the current creation) is independent of the Sanchit Karmas balance of its creatures. When it happens (as per its own schedule), all unfructified Adrishta Phalas of all its creatures simply cease to exist and the next creation cycle starts with a clean slate.

[@Saibabalight]

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[@ShriAyodhyaJiSharnam]

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[@SRMthy]

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[@shivmangalyogsamsthan3530]

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[@kajaltanna3629]

I am grateful for this lecture seires, indeed karma is very difficult to explaina and understand topic. I bow down to swamiji in reverence for his effort to imparrt this knowledege. I have three questions - a. if the universe is cyclical, then how does the population keep on increasing? b. How does people become more and more wealthy and happy in general compared to past? c. If only prarbdha karma will fructify in this birth, then there is no hope of liberation in one lifetime, cause how can one dissolve one's sanchita karma?

[@esneliamunoz4475]

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[@MrJUANMIGUELZAMORA]

Namaskar. I am currently following your wonderful Bhagavad Gita classes, and as you advised, I have re-watched the great videos you produced on the Doctrine of Karma. Specifically in the 3rd video, you talk about the three different types of karma, and the following doubt arises in my mind regarding the infinite character of the sañcita karma. It is said that sañcita karma is infinite set of adṛṣṭa-karma-phala, of karmas pending fructification. It is also said that the adṛṣṭa-phalas caused by āgāmi or kriyamāna karmas are accumulating in the "storehouse" of sañcita, where they will remain pending for fructification in a next life. But if we consider that sañcita is infinite, how will the accumulated balance of karmas "go down"? Infinity minus any number is still infinity. Likewise, infinity plus any number is still infinity. Which would give rise to a disturbing conclusion: no matter how many puṇya karmas you do, the sañcita, being infinite, remains unchanged. The karmic "debt" will never be extinguished by the performance of any number of punya karmas. Pranam.

[@enochanglin3546]

I, too, have this confusion. I wonder, however, if self-realization is powerful enough to burn infinite karma?

[@MrJUANMIGUELZAMORA]

@@enochanglin3546 Absolutely. Only knowledge of your true self can burn all karmas.

[@nyomansujiartha404]

@@enochanglin3546 In Bhagavad Gita it's said that self-realization can burn your sañcita karma, because you are un-affected by the senses; equal in joy and sorrow.

[@pP-zi3jm]

Only way to break this cycle is moksha (liberation) which is achieved by Self knowledge. Our scriptures ( including Bhagwad Gita and Upanishads ) provided this knowledge. Bhagwad Gita also provides the steps on how we it can be done. That is why Bhagwad Gita is not only Brahma Vidya but also Yogashastra

[@heerabridgelal3273]

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[@abhishekranjith]

This was amazing Swami ji 🙏. I am trying to resolve a paradox regarding the law of karma. You said the cycle of birth and death is like a circle, meaning there is no first birth just like a circle has no starting point. So anything which has no beginning (like the number of lives we have lived in the past) can also have no end (the number of lives we will live in the future). So how can the concept of Moksha exist along with the law of Karma? If the circle has no end, how can Moksha be the end of the circle. Also, everything that has a beginning should also have an end like our bodies. When we get Moksha, it has a beginning. So logically shouldn't Moksha also come to an end because it had a beginning? Apologies if my question is very stupid. I am not able to find answers to this.

[@hk00]

It is very pertinent question and trying to share my personal understanding of Moksha. We refer to Moksha in two different states. One when we truly become Equanimous - when we start acting purely as an agent of actions and not thinking as 'doer' or Karta, we are unaffected by happiness or sorrow and freed from all emotions that bind people. This is Moksha but the finite experience of Moksha within this life. Now since we did all actions without expecting anything, there is no adrashti fal which means no addition to Sanchit karma. Now as Swamiji said, Sanchit Karma is a collection of "fal" from many lives, we will have to live many lives like 'Akarta or Witness or agent' and continue to generate zero "fal" by expecting nothing. This will help in reducing Sanchit Karma and there will a time when even Sanchit Karma is exhausted. This is the time when one can achieve Moksha (as we know, relief from the cycle of death and birth).

[@abhishekranjith]

@@hk00 But if there is an infinite amount of sanchit karma because of our infinite past lives according to swami, we can never truly live and exhaust our sanchit karma. The argument in the Upanishads was that when you get moksha or enlightenment your Sanchita Karma becomes zero immediately. You will still have to live your current Prarabdha karma and once that is done there will be no more lives. I understand this. But how can something which has no beginning like our infinite past lives have an end through moksha. And how can something which has a beginning like moksha not have an end. That paradox still exists in the law of karma and I am not able logically reconcile this.

[@hk00]

@@abhishekranjith Let me first tell that I am not competent to answer such an intriguing question but here's what I personally believe and I am putting them as separate bullets because they can individually offer some clues. 1. In science, there is a concept of Escape Velocity that refers to minimum speed need for a free, non-propelled object to escape from the gravitational influence of a massive body, that is, to achieve an infinite distance from it. Likewise, to free a self from cycle of birth and death, one needs to intensify and practice 'Equanimity' to such an extent that he not only exhausts Sanchit Karma but also attains speed (level) to move out of these cycles. Now the question is move out to where?? In Hindu Puranas, there is a concept of Sapta-Loka or 7 Loka (actually 14 where the remaining 7 refers to the opposite of first 7 leading towards Patala). When a person attains the level of Moksha, technically he qualifies for next Loka (in this case, graduating from Bhuloka to Bhuvar Loka and then to Swarga, Mahar, Jan, Tap, and finally Swarga Loka. However death-birth cycle continues all the way till Brahmaloka, as said in Bhagavad Gita 8-6 आब्रह्मभुवनाल्लोका: पुनरावर्तिनोऽर्जुन | मामुपेत्य तु कौन्तेय पुनर्जन्म न विद्यते || 16|| This means, in all the worlds of this material creation, up to the highest abode of Brahma, you will be subject to rebirth, O Arjun. But on attaining My Abode, O son of Kunti, there is no further rebirth. (www.holy-bhagavad-gita.org/chapter/8/verse/16) The paradox of 'beginning of Moksha but no end' can be partially explained when we say, Moksha helped to move out and we also know where. Now to answer 'till when', we might want to understand the concept of a time dimension. I am putting it separately because it might be able to explain paradox only by itself. 2. Time as a dimension is the most concept popular in our world. We measure everything against it and can not imagine anything that has no correlation of time. I believe at some level above Bhuloka, the time dimension becomes irrelevant. This can explain the stories of god or saints traveling back and forth to Bhuloka. Since someone above Bhuloka is free of the time dimension, they can view the entire sequence at their will and even manage it well - it explains why the cycle of four-yuga (sat, Treta, Dwapar and Kal) repeats in much orderly fashion. Thanks for asking - I am sure we both are learning.

[@abhishekranjith]

@@hk00 What you are saying is enlightenment (removal of ignorance) in earth is not moksha (liberation from cycle of birth and death) but is more of a promotion to a better next life in a higher loga or loka. If you believe that concept it becomes more concerning because if getting enlightenment is something like a promotion to the next higher loga, then one can also fall back into a lower loga if he becomes ignorant. I always thought the loga in which a person is born depends on how much punya and papa he has done and is not related to enlightenment. For example if you take a first world country like US as swarga loga and a famine inflicted African country as naraga loga, then where one is born in depends on his balance of Papa and punya. So this logic should easily translate into the different logas. In fact this is the Buddhist understanding of logas. If you see the explanation of a drawing called bhava chakra there will be a depiction of the 6 logas with our current earthly loga being the best one to be born in for moksha. Earth is the best loga for moksha because there is an equal mix of pleasure and pain which makes us pursue enlightenment. In heaven (swarga) there is pure pleasure and you never even think about seeking enlightenment because everything is good. In hell (naraga) there is pure pain which also makes it impossible to think of enligtenment. You will fall back to the earthly plane from swarga when you extinguish most of your punya and from hell to earth when you extinguish most of your papa. Time as a concept of a universal clock is irrelevant even in earth and is proven by quantum physics. Time moves slower the faster you travel through space so if you move at a speed of light or near a blackhole, a few minutes for you will be a decade for people on earth. When I talk about time, I am talking the concept of a present, past and future of the experiences of the soul. The soul itself might be timeliness but the things that the soul experiences will have a before, now and after. I am happy to accept that things that had no beginning can have an end (cycle of birth and death) and things that have no end can have a beginning (period after moksha). But all too often, in the explanation of hindu scriptures they say what has no beginning can have no end. Like for the unborn Brahman, there is no death. So the same should apply to cycle of karma and the concept of moksha.

[@hk00]

@@abhishekranjith This is interesting and like most humans, as I read your response I was trying to find an argument to counter a question or find an answer - bad on my part :) But 2-3 quick observation. Loka that I referred is about the different universe. 1) Considering the US and Somalia as a Swarga and Narka, respectively will amount to high generalization and will blind us from basic tenets that happiness is not a function of physical possession. America has the highest number of people in depression and family feuds. 2), Heaven, as defined by Swamiji which is 100% Punya Prarbdha, is referred to experience by a human in Bhuloka whereas Swarga Loka that we are talking is a different plain - way above Bhuloka. 3) I still stick to the point that Moksha is not the "real end" of something that never had a beginning. It is just moving from one loka to another. All these are inferences and logic derived from existing scriptures or some write up here and there. No living being has gone there and returned with HD videos of other lokas. But everything looks convincing - which highlights our reliance on the wisdom of ancient Rishis who would have 'thought' about it. Our discussion on Moksha can be similar - some part we refer to scripture and some part from our own derivation (playing briefly a role of Rishis). We might get carried away with the logic of Moksha and at times working towards it, and unconsciously keep creating Punya (reasons be born again!). Like Ashtavakra said, whatever you are longing is already there with us, right here, right now. What really matters is do we understand a way to live a Righteous Life? What really matters is do we understand state of Equanimity (स्थितप्रज्ञ)? I am really glad to engage in this discussion with you that in the process has helped me to learn several new things.

[@nir2594]

GOod and bad karma is based on societial understanding of the world we live in. What is good is kali yuga is bad in Satya yuga, and vice versa. Prarabhdha karma is divided in the duality of life to understand it better. In actuality there is no good or bad but only the results of the karma. If you do a deed and keep doing it over and over, it keeps growing over many lifetimes. Good or bad will depend upon the age of the world it is going through.

[@madhuriadapa2448]

Namastey Gurudev 🙏 many thanks for your patience in explaining the most confusing subject with such simple straightforward details, simply amazing. I do have a question, I’m a south Indian and my understanding of karma is action, then instead of adrushta yoga is it not our karma yoga which brings us either adrushta (punya or happiness) and duradrushta (papa or testing times) I was getting confused whenever you used adrushta yoga referring to the results of our actions and so seeking clarification. Guravenamaha 🙏

[@qdcshiva]

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[@kannanr7244]

Who controls how much should be a prarabhda in a given life. Also who controls when the adrisha phala to fructify. ? Thank you.

[@devadaraksa973]

I wonder what mechanism determines that this time around only the red apples (or green for that matter) will go into Prārabdha.

[@kerrief3414]

What about when an entire city is wiped out by a tsunami or earthquake. And those who die and their families suffer. Is everyone's past karma bad?

[@gridcoregilry666]

no, on the one hand by chance, on the other hand simply not much prarabdha karma in each jiva

[@esneliamunoz5082]

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[@tjuwelaartapke1199]

Can you tell something about the garud puran

[@saipalurisinger]

I want to know what if one burns up ones prarabh karma allocated for this life? how can such a person access sanchita?

[@premaprakash9519]

How can we negate our past karma?

[@jojo-qf7nc]

Athma namaskaram 🙏 This has helped me to accept many of my unhappiness & make much afford to do goodness. Can Swamiji or anyone tell me what is the prayer/mantra which swamiji ended this video. Asotama sat gamaya (I'm familiar) but not the other. Pls share link/meaning of it pls, thank you

[@shivgodi3365]

@ArshaBodhaCenterSwamiTadatmananda, How can infinite Sanchita karam be reduced to zero ?

[@MP-rg8dv]

Regarding first birth in universe you had mentioned that it's cyclic and no fix date of first birth. But in bhagavat there comes reference for first birth lot as EKO HAM BAHUSYAM initially Brahman was alone but he felt lonely and then he decided to becomes many.

[@farzinazimzade557]

Hello Sir, The way you explained the mechanism of karma it is possible that someone who lived a mostly virtuous life in this lifetime could end up in hell in his next lifetime. Because from what I understood from your lecture this lifetime does not directly affect the next one and what you get in the next life is in most part a random process of selecting some part of your sanchita karma, so it is theoretically possible for a good man to end up in hell and for a bad man to end up in heaven in his next life! This conclusion is weird so I wanted your comment on that, please.

[@sockneman]

I just love these teaching and it really resonate with me. But it note feels like I’m cheating on Buddhism! 🙈

[@vinodsharma-le3ey]

Sir what about Animals, are they too subjected to karma

[@rupeshchitari]

Quick reflection what and how moksha can be attained if you look at the sachit karma its never ending? Then how moksha is even possibly ??

[@sujathasrinivasan1318]

Amazing explanation. Thanks a lot. But who decides the amount of papa and punya karma in a particular birth swami

[@SwamiT]

Punya and papa for a particular birth (known as prarabdha karma) are determined by Ishwara's law of karma itself.

[@sujathasrinivasan1318]

@@SwamiT thanks for the explanation

[@engineerresume5409]

Thank you Swami ji for sharing karmic knowledge. But there's saying that by doung bhakti nanasmaran and kirtan your pap karma are vanished and u get moksha. .is this true

[@carloscalderon3229]

Tengo una duda , El perdón de los pecados va por el lado de hacer buen karma actual que posibilite menos mal del karma mala acumulado y fructíferar en esta encarnación? El señor Cristo también tiene la parábola del hijo pródigo, tal vez el funcionamiento de karmas no sea muy cerrado sino que interactuan ya que una motivación fuerte al cambiar comportamientos es observado por la vida como una gracia inflandose más karmas positivos. El Gita comenta también que hasta los grandes pecadores si se " enrectan " , son acogidos en el sendero espiritual. Amerita una explicación

[@AWAVEINTHEOCEAN-lc5tf]

I was unable to find a definition for "fractification" only Fructification.

[@monat9248]

Is there any free will that will change pre-destined journey of suffering to a new journey of joy if one does good karma in this life or the previously past life bad karma would cause a person into pre-destined path of suffering in current life because I fail to understand why some good people r suffering in this life while some evil people are enjoying their current life... is it because of past life bad karma ... is there any way out for good people who might be suffering due to past life bad karma

[@SwamiT]

Namaste Mona. Please review the earlier part of this series where the river metaphor is used to show how nothing in life is actually predestined.

[@sssttt2211]

When one gets enlightenment, all his past sanchit karma are burnt or exhausted or they still remain to frutify in next life... What happens to sanchit karma after enlightenment .?

[@jeroenjansen2709]

I believe that karma can either come from one life back or can go to the next life. Any further back or forward produces too many ( up to infinite) possibilities. So you will never get out of Samsara because you have accumulated an infinite amount of papa karma.

[@GP-uq5qz]

If there is an infinite amount of sancit karma, is the concept of moksha impossible?

[@kafikfishna8806]

Every present life encounter gives us either desirable or undesirable outcomes. If my birth and the subsequent life experiences are results of my previous Karma, is there any Agami Karma at all? Isn't what you called Agami Karma is also a result of the Karma that put me in a situation to commit present Karmas, good or bad?

[@abhishekm9852]

So that means,through Kriyamana Karma,I can live longer if it adds on to Prarabdha Karma?

[@Conzetle]

Abhishek M I think it is meant to mean only so much. Like eating healthy, not being around radioactive material, not ingesting hazmat, etc. Direct actions which will of course either lead to a long life or a very short one. You were still born a human after all.

[@devadaraksa973]

I dread the idea of infinite universes, infinite prior lives and no first birth. It seems like a curse. What’s the purpose of this? What is it like to be able to escape from the cycle? What’s on the other side?