Reincarnation, Controlled by One’s Own Karma
Cycle of Birth & Death
Karma in Hinduism is considered to be a spiritually originated law.
Karma means “deed” or “act” and more broadly names the universal principle of cause and effect, action and reaction, that governs all life.Karma is not a punishment or retribution but simply an extended expression or consequence of natural acts.
Classification of Karma
1. Sanchita Karma
2. Prarabda Karma
3. Kriyamana Karma
What is Sanchita Karma?
It is the big pool of the result of ou past deeds. ofcourse if you are fairly a new soul that has been elevated to the human form, then we could assume this pool is nearly empty to start with. as and and when we start accumulating the deeds (it could be bot positive and negative) the sanchita karma gets filled up. in one purushardham, let us say we lived upto age 84, then all these good and bad deeds one have done is accounted and stored in the big pool of sanchita karma.A Jiva cannot attain salvation until the accumulated sanchitha karma are completely exhausted
What is Prarabda Karma?
we take a shape once again after the death. we agree with pitrukkal(ancestor) or with ourself to clean a part of the karma from the big pool. it is only a part not full from sanchita karma. this agreed part has to be cleansed and that is why we are taking the shape again. we go through a different set of life events, environments that would uknowingly cleanse our old karma. this karma is called prarabda karma. now interestingly while on earth we would collect new karma and this become a liability (if negative) and gets addeded to the sanchita karma. this karma we accrue during the process of cleansing the prarabda karma. this is called kriyamana karma.
What is Kriyamana Karma?
the new karma generated as part of the daily life, activities is called kriyamana karma. the aim of rebirth of himanis to cleanse the part of the big karma called sanchita karma. the small part we agreed to cleanse is called prarabda karma which is a part of the big pool of karma(sanchita karma). but during this cleansing process, we unknowingly (or knowingly) accrue the karma. this could be by words, thoughts, actions etc. this accumulated karma during a particular birth is known as kriyamana karma. this could be positive or negative karma , but the result would be enjoyed in the netx birth.
The bad karma is triggered by thought, words, and action. it is not always that karma works 24×7 and haunt people, it is only by activation. but once bad karma is activated even God won’t be able to help.
What Happens to the soul after death?
Re-birth at the right time
The soul meets the pitrukkal (ancestors soul) in the house of manes. it goes through a review. it is said that the soul goes through a training program or observation until ready to take a shape. the soul agree to cleanse the part of the karma it has done in the past and wait for the right time to take a shape. when the time strikes, it enter into the womb of the mother. it is also said that between 3 to 4 months of the development of the foetus is when the atman(soul) enters the body of the child. The soul takes the shape when the planetary cobinations are in perfect harmony with its prarabda karma it has agreed to cleanse. hence as per the agreement the right womb is chosen, there by father, mother, family , environment etc. what ever happens after the birth would be in perfect harmony with the prarabda karma of the soul.
Here one may wonder what is the real connection between this kid and the mother, father etc. it is true that there is no real link, they are different souls all together but for the cleansing purpose biologically they are linked together. this is a beautifully written program that never fails.
Real life example
The soul agrees to deeply burry the past life memories before it takes a shape, so that the current birth is not complicated with the past life. but then, a times exceptions happens. please see one such real life incident below.
Shanti Devi Incident
please read below. this is one of the real life incident that happened during 1930s where even Mahata Gandhi got interested & involved after hearing the reliable news. Sri Gandhi even spoke to Shanti Devi and asked her to come and live with his ashram.
http://www.k-s-rawat.sulekha.com/blog/post/2000/02/the-case-of-shanti-devi.htm
Please also see the book published on Shanti Devi incident called “I have lived before”
Hope you all start the Karma cleansing exercise Today !! it is worrying to think bad Karma can be accumulated by even bad thoughts!
All the Best for You!
S.K.Ramakrishnan
Author Reference : S.K.Ramakrishnan (http://www.shadbala.org)
When a soul takes human birth for the first time what causes it to do good/bad deeds? Is the destiny pre-written? Is it in God’s big plan for some to be good and some to be bad?
Where is the role of free-will?
Thanks.
getting a human form for the soul is a divine gift. lot many souls trapped below this level for example animals, insects, birds etc.
after certain level, soul is elevated to a higher level so that it is ready to take a shape in the form of a human being.
these same souls might have been degraded in the past for a reason.
or it is fairly a new soul in the form of human.
in both case sanchitha is not empty.
cleansing is an on going process.
unless and until the complete pool is cleansed, there is no moksha.
with freewill, people are able to escalate themself to a higher level (spiritual , good karma etc) while still on earth.
but freewill can’t change the destiny all together.
because the “cause” is what we agreed on to take a shape. we don’t change that cause all together. so that would follow you!
it is very good that one uses the free will, and then create positive karma,which would finally help them.
but if some one uses freewill negatively, then again this is going to be in a loop, never ending process.
God never plans some one to be good or bad. God’s amsam is in every one. but it is people’s own choice to take the path they need once on earth.
some follow their agreed upon destiny with a little or no change, some decide to do a change using their freewill.
once the soul acquires a certain degree of power (knowledge),it is taken to higher dimension.
that could be earth, or it could be some other levels where they exist.
I hope that gives some idea!
regards
Thanks for the reply.
Does eating non-veg harm us or our karma in some way? I feel like it does.
We get a lot of ants in our house. I kill them with insecticide. Is this ‘paap’? It seems like. But we cannot carry so many ants outside the house safely.
Regards.
Hi R
that is an interesting question.
first of all our human body / stomach is not designed to happily accept non-veg.
but still most of the people do eat non veg.
honestly, there has to be some papa associated with killing animals and then eating!
coming to the point of killing ants, it is possible to accrue bad karma by that !
i have seen some people when they see spiders, they nicely take them in a piece of paper and put them on a tree or wall, so that they moves away.
we got to have a lot of moral values for such acts!
this is certainly coming from the up bringing etc.
but then again weather also palys a role.
places where we have alot of dust , and lot of vast land, forest, river etc more chances of animals or insects etc.
so we got to see that balance.
purposefully killing “any” animal is accumulation of bad karma!
definitely you are adding to sanchitha the big pool of karma.
imagine, even the thought process(bad one’s) attracts bad karma, then i am sure you have got the answer.
that is the way i see things and try to practice in life.
all the best
regards
SK
Greetings Sir,
There is still one doubt regarding ancestors waiting to judge our deeds after our death. Not all of them are good and righteous. Doesn’t God solely judge us after our death instead of them?
A lot of in-laws trouble their daughter-in-laws and expect a lot in spite of everything. Obviously they will have grudge against her after death also.
Please explain.
R.
Interesting post, I think once you are part of this karma system, you fall in the trap, and it becomes almost impossible for all of us to come out of this, it is like vicious cycle the more you try to come out of it, the you more you get immersed in it, this make me think who made us to be the part of this whole game.
But the sooner you understand the trap, the easier & early you come out.
there are 101 things you can do to cleanse our old/ existing karma while on earth, which would eventually help us to move further close to the salvation!
I would be interested in knowing those 101 things , can astrology reveal our spiritual path or may be when one we may attain moksha If yes could you analyze my kundali from the spiritual point of view please
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Sir
iam interested to know the 101 ways we can do to cleanse our karma.pls. let us know.
Arun,
do some charity work, helping poor people, helping old age home, helping students from the poor background giving them scholastic items for free.
all you can do to help the ailing population.
this is also one of driving reason behind shadbala!
all the best
regards
SK. Ramakrishnan
This was really interesting to read. Especially the part – wait for planetary positions to align to get the right karma. That explains what we see the astro charts.
Greetings,
Please can you say some words on ‘Sraddha’ (for ancestors). For how many past generations should it be done? Who can do it?
Thanks.
Pranam,
I stumbled upon a site – Spiritual Science Research Foundation – which says that in Kalyug – 70% of population is either affected by ghosts/ancestors at some time or other and other 30% is possessed. Is this true?
It also says that after death the soul unless it is highly spiritual will be controlled by ghosts/ancestors. Is this true?
If this question is inappropriate please do not publish it. I deeply apologize for asking it.
Thanks.
Thanks for a great article, really appreciate 🙂
very nice website and actively interactive.. like it.
I was always interested to know about my past life(s). can you please throw some light on it
DOB : 20-05-84 4:00 am Hyderabad
and I heard that kundali actually starts when the baby is in womb itself.. how deeply accurate that would be ?
Thanks in advance
Dear Sir,
I have got pregnant thrice. Every time before I got to know about this, I have dreamt or had nightmare that something formless has hugged/caught me and vanished and I wake up from sleep with scared. I think the soul gets into the womb after fertilisation.
My humble salutations to ‘THAT’
Well today am facing the problems with Finance all is well & do understand Advaita ”philosophy’* it would be a blunder to call it phopilophy, for its the ABSOLUTE TRUTH ,THE SIMPLEST & THE HIGHEST. AND WHICH IS IN U. HOPE & pray to the Lord of the oneness to hepp me NOW .HERE&NOW.
Nota order or a request just putting head under your feet & Sharansgathi. surrender .Absolute Surrender & even DEATH AM PREPARED .
Dear Sir,
I want to know about marriage when i will get married with right person and where
DOB-09-09-1983
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Place-Tohana(Haryana)
Thanks