Re: New and becoming disheartened
Originally Posted by
Singhi Kaya
Namaste Sudarshan,
quite informative post on nature of karma and role of god in karma
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I think the idea that God cannot take the burden of our karma is the most stunning and different idea of hinduism or dharma per say which seperates us from abrahamism. thus our actions become so important and god cannot save from fruits of what we have done.
You are perfectly right. If the God so described as All Merciful and All powerful were true, what prevents God from giving instant salvation to everybody this very minute? God can do anything the devotee wants, there are no limitations, but the moment you set the limitation through your own Karma(or ego), the All powerful God is no longer so from your perspective.
Anyway my Q is whether Drita = Prarabdha
and adrita=Kriyaman + sanchita??
Nope, Drida and Adrida Karma are not directly related to sancita or prArabdha karmas. A part of the sancita karma becomes the prArabdha for this birth, and it consists of both Drida and Adita Karmas.
Drida Karma is an irrevocable Karma except through the fire of Jnana or the Yogic(divine) touch. No amount of prayers(from the plane of pure dualty) is going to prove useful for this kind of Karma. If a person is born blind , and is a great devotee of God, he obviously has committed some serious Drida Karma to deserve this.
Adrita Karma are those that are reversible. Minor sins and sins commited unknowingly or out of compulsion fall in this category. By sincere devotion to God, or by selfless action( even by an atheist) can reverse this kind of Karma.
If you kill a person in cold blood in a former birth, you will endure the effects no matter if you are devotee or not. God is not responsible for your actions at all. The scripture is harsh at places due to pure compassion towards us, and to prevent future problems for us. Those who flout the laws of scripture according to their self styled interpretations and do wicked acts will pay the penalty some day - God does nothing in this regard.
Good actions have to be sacrificed to God, else you will be born again and again to enjoy the fruits of these actions. Bad actions have to choked in their tracks, failing which the only way is to endure the after effects barring some unusual divine grace.
Great devotees of God always sacrifice the fruits of good actions voluntarily and have zero balance in their Karma bank. Bad Karmas cannot be sacrificed to God( that would be fun!), so a pure devotee of God has only bad karma in his karmic debt. Other people always have mixture of good and bad Karmas. For this reason, great devotees of God appear to suffer more than others, due to lack of any good Karmas to protect them. However, while the former category would continue to pile up the Karma over successive incarnations, the Bhakta is liberated upon the depletion of these bad karmas.
The incarnations preceding a devotee's salvation are generally filled with misery for this reason. In all likely hood, such a person is able to comunicate with God and has divine perception to some extent - and hence is able to silently endure these bad effects.
Guard your Dharma, Burn the Myth, Promote the Truth, Crush the superstition.
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