saidevo
07 September 2006, 11:52 AM
Namaste.
Hindu religious texts speak of two forms of karma (good and bad) that accrue during human life in the physical body. There are three kinds of karma: sanchita, prArabtha and akAyamya. A karma-afflicted human soul spends several years in the astral and mental worlds before it takes rebirth. While in the astral world, the soul suffers from the effects of unfulfilled desires, hovering around places and watching other embodied souls enjoying such desires, which it cannot, because it does not have a physical body.
If karma can be generated by emotions and thoughts, will this dis-embodied soul in the astral world generate any karma during its post-mortem life? In the same way, can the soul do something good that might reduce its bad karma?
The fruits of good karma are enjoyed in the heavens. When this balance becomes nil, the soul descends for a rebirth. Is it possible that the soul might generate good karma in the astral life and prolong its life in heaven?
Hindu religious texts speak of two forms of karma (good and bad) that accrue during human life in the physical body. There are three kinds of karma: sanchita, prArabtha and akAyamya. A karma-afflicted human soul spends several years in the astral and mental worlds before it takes rebirth. While in the astral world, the soul suffers from the effects of unfulfilled desires, hovering around places and watching other embodied souls enjoying such desires, which it cannot, because it does not have a physical body.
If karma can be generated by emotions and thoughts, will this dis-embodied soul in the astral world generate any karma during its post-mortem life? In the same way, can the soul do something good that might reduce its bad karma?
The fruits of good karma are enjoyed in the heavens. When this balance becomes nil, the soul descends for a rebirth. Is it possible that the soul might generate good karma in the astral life and prolong its life in heaven?