The Law of Karma

It always follows you. You can hide from anyone, but you cannot hide from your Karma.

The only option man have is to improve it

The Karma philosophy has baffled people for centuries. The complexities of these phenomena have never been fully understood by many ancient civilisations nor will it ever be by the present.

The Law of Karma centers understood on the philosophy that as a man sow, so shall he reap. It is one of the major tenets of Hinduism and is an important part of the daily lives of Hindus. Karma is born from desires and we are born from Karma. Much effort is placed in obtaining objects of desire and the fruits of such desire are produced in the form of pleasure and pain, joy and sorrow.

The fruits of Karma cannot be reaped in one lifetime. One has to go through numerous cycles of births and deaths in order to reap all the fruits of their Karma, be it good or bad. Performance of good actions and noble deeds produces the Karmic fruit of joy, happiness and peace while; the performing of evil and bad deeds produces the fruit of sorrow, unhappiness and pain. The fruits of Karma not experienced in this lifetime are carried on to the next life so that the individual can get his full dues, whatever that may be. The deeds performed are what determine the character of the next existence.

Clearly it can be seen that the precepts of Karma is embedded in the science of reincarnation. One does not stop existing after death. The death process causes the soul to depart from one body into another and the benefits of one's past Karma continues until that soul achieves the supreme state of consciousness.

Whenever there is a cause an effect must be produced. In other words, karma means not only action but also result of an action. The consequences of action are not a separate thing. The causer of the action cannot be separated from the action. Behind a action , there are desires and thoughts , desires of object arises in the mind then one thinks of how the desire can be fulfilled, then exerts to posses the desire to be fulfilled. Desire and the action always go together. Thought of desire, how to fulfill the desire and the action to achieve the desire, these are the three threads that are the causes of the karma.

The law of karma is one of the fundamental doctoring in Hinduism. As men sows so shell he rips. This is the law of karma. If you do an evil action you will suffer from it. On the other hand, if you do a good action you will benefit form it. There is no power on the earth which can stop the result of karma from yielding its fruits. Every thought, every word every deed is as if were weighted on the scale of eternal justice. Hindu believes things on this universe do not happen accidentally of haphazardly. There is a certain definite connection between what is happening now, and the law of karma.

Every action produces 3 fold effects. It will give you an appropriate reward; will affect your character, leaves behind an impression in your mind. Just as a mango seed produces a mango tree and rice planted in the field produces a rice plant, wheat plane will result in wheat harvest, the karma produces an equivalent result good or bad according to your deed. If you do evil actions you will rip pain and suffering as your benefit. If you do good things you will rip pleasure and happiness. This is the basic law of karma.

There are three kinds of karma, Sanchita (accumulated works), Prarabdha (fructifying works) and Kriyamana (current works). Sanchita is all the accumulated karma of the past, part of it’s seen in the character in the men in his tendencies and aptitude, capacities inclinations and desires etc. all tendencies comes form this. The present body is the result of all the past Prarabdha karma.

Sanchit karma, which influences the present life is called Prarabdha, it can't be avoided or change. It can be only cleared up by being experienced. As if you are paying your past debts. Prarabdha karma is one that has begun and bearing fruits. It is selected out of the mass of the Sanchita karma. Kriyamana karma, which is now being made for the future, It’s also called Agami or Vartamana.

The above can be best explained by a beautiful analogy for the Vedantic example of a bowman. That is, imagine a bowman has shot an arrow, and the arrow has left his hands (this would represent the Prarabdha karma). He has no control over that arrow. He is about to shoot another arrow (which represents Kriyaman karma), and has a bundle of arrow in his quiver on his back (which represents the Sanchita karma) on which he has full control.

The past which he just began by firing the first arrow, its results he will have to experience depending weather he fired the arrow for killing somebody or he fired the arrow for a very good cause. Hindus believe a lot of Sanchita karma can be destroyed by worship and attaining knowledge of eternal god. Kriyamana karma can be destroyed by expiatory or Prayashchitta (accepting ones mistakes and apologizing or clearing through the performance through rites.)

Whatever you saw by your action comes back to you. Your actions of the past are responsible for your present condition your present action will shape will shape your future; there is nothing chaotic in this world. You will become good by good actions and bad by bad actions. Understand this law, and live wisely, have noble thoughts that will only bring you happiness.