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Are our svabhava and prarabdha-karma two results of our past karma?
Chaitanya Charan · Are Our Svabhava And Prarabdha – Karma Two Results Of Our Past Karma Are Swabhava and Sanchit Karma two different aspects of karma or action? Yes, that’s quite an insightful and thoughtful question. If we use the word karma here to refer to the stockpile of karmic reactions that we have accumulated—reactions…
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Do karmic actions and reactions happen at gross and subtle levels – do our present actions add to our destined pleasure or pain?
Chaitanya Charan · Do Karmic Actions And Reactions Happen At Gross And Subtle Levels Do actions and reactions both happen at gross and subtle levels? Yes, certainly. The Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam states that in Kali-yuga, we are exempt from sinful reactions for thoughts alone. This suggests that in earlier ages, such exemption wasn’t there—implying that people were…
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Are destiny and God the same thing?
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Are we meant to face our destiny or to fulfill our destiny?
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Tolerating phases of bad fortune
khalvāṭo divaseśvarasya kiraṇaiḥ santāpite mastake vāñchan deśam anātapaṁ vidhi-vaśāt tālasya mūlaṁ gataḥ tatrāpy asya mahāphalena patatā bhagnaṁ sa-śabdaṁ śiraḥ prāyo gacchati yatra bhāgya-rahitas tatraiva yānty āpadaḥ khalvāṭaḥ — a bald man; divaseśvarasya — of the sun; kiraṇaiḥ — by the rays; santāpite — on experiencing burning; mastake — of the head; vāñchan — desiring;…
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What does the marble and nail grid analoy exactly illustrate wrt the relationship between free will and destiny?
From: Pancha Pandava Pr Transcription By: Jyoti Shirsangi Mataji Edited By: Shyam Venkateswaran P Question: In explaining how our free will can take us to a better situation even in the presence of destiny, you give the example of a marble moving through a grid of nails. Can you explain this example and also clarify…
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When we dont get results due to our karma, does service get affected by our karma?
From Kiran P According to my karma, I get results of activities. Suppose I am in crucial service, my karma does not allow me to get good results. So does service gets affected because of my karma? Trancription By: Swati Jain Mataji Question: According to my karma, I get results of activities. Suppose I am…
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Do we get bad karma by visual sexual stimulation?
From: Amit Do we get bad karma just by watching pornography? If we masturbate to it, is it equivalent to losing our good karma account also, which could be used to progress in one’s career? Transcription: (By Sahil Shuban Khushu P) Answer: Yes we do get Bad Karma. Because illicit sex is one of the…
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If IIT students despite being intelligent don’t do well in their career, is it because of their past life karma or present life karma?
From: Amit We see that not all IIT students do well in life in spite of having good ranks, say within 500. Is this because of their karma due to past lives? Or is it because they pick up bad habits like smoking, drinking, pornography etc? Does this mean that they lose their good karma…
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Why do karmic reactions not come in this life itself?
Question: “Why should I suffer now for my actions in a previous life? Why not instant reactions?” Answer: Different seeds fructify after different time durations. Grains harvest after two or three months, some fruit seeds produce fruits after twenty years and some seeds may even take hundred years to fructify. Every action that we do…
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How much does exercise,medication interfere with one’s destiny?
From: Abhaycharan das How much does exercise, medication interfere with one’s destiny? Transcription: (By Sahil Shuban Khushu P) Answer: Destiny is not static, it is dynamic. We have to understand that we have a duty towards what we do in this life. Towards our body and our possessions we are duty bound even…
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When we see cause-effect relationship within this life itself, doesn’t that make karma irrelevant?
From: Amit Gupta Thanks for nice initiative Laws of karma says that you reap benefits of your past work good or bad. But in this world we see people who work hard in this life and are successful. And it is 99.9 % of the cases that if you work hard you can climb up…
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Isn’t belief in karma psychologically damaging?
Question: Doesn’t the belief that our sufferings are due to our past karma add insult to injury? Isn’t it psychologically damaging to people who are already troubled by present problems to be told that they were sinful in the past?
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How do the ancestors of everyone go to Pitraloka irrespective of their individual karma?
From: sccd how everyones ancestors go to Pitriloka irrespective of their individual karma?
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If initiation and other devotional activities remove the past karma of devotees, then why do they get diseases and other problems?
From: Neeraj Prabhuji it is said that at the time of intiation all our past karma becomes zero.Also by taking bath in ganges,chanting holy name,circumulating Tulsi maharani our past karma reduces.Then also we see initiated devotees affected by their past karma in form of diseases and other problems .How yo understand this.
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Is one’s complexion related with past karma? They why do people who are doing sinful activities have good complexions?
My question is once prabhupad said blackbody is a result of sinful activities. We see that arabs and europians and chinese are fair skinned people. Are they are more pious in past life and now are leading a sinful life and indians were sinful last life. How to understand this. Please explain this.
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Is there something called as “Untimely Death”?
From: Ravikumar Shukla Could you please help me and my Friends Understand, is there something called as “Untimely Death” and “timely Death”, is it that both are pre-destined? And how should we understand both?
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Why does one get diseases despite having been spiritual since birth?
From: Birendra have been a spiritual person since my birth. Even then God me diseases like BP and diabetes at an early age. Why?
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If God knows the future, doesn’t that make our destiny fixed?
From: Premanjana Das If God knows future, isnt our destiny fixed? Or atleast from absolute level arent things happening in a fixed manner? Where does the role of soul’s independence fits in? I encounter this question many times but dont have any stisfactory explaination.
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How can we offer the results of karmic misdeeds to Krishna?
From Rahul Ranjan Mishra: When we succeed, it is easy to give credit and offer the results to Krishna. But when we face failures, SP advises the devotee to understand and tolerate them as a consequence of our own past sinful misdeeds. Though we may be trying sincerely to practice Krishna conscious right now, we…
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Is everything pre-destined?
From: Rishabh Answer Podcast Transcription as hindu culture believe in hastarekhavigyan….does it indicate that destiny of a person is predecided….or is that vidya fake…..if so then what’s our role in our own future….or isn’t it like just playing our part in a script in which we can’t do anything to change something we want….kindly resolve…
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Are we the makers of our destiny?
Socrates wondered about it. LaoTzu pondered it. So did our own ancient rishis. Is our success predestined? Or is it in our hands? It’s in our hands alone, says Bharat, who hopes to get into IIT. But when his chances for making it have so much to do with how many other kids apply, what…
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Unraveling the Mystery of Karma
What is Karma? The Logic of Karma The Doubts about Karma The Science of Karma Benefits of “The Science of Karma” Devotional Service – The ultimate freedom from Karmic Entanglement To read more on karma, please read the articles here: 1. Why me? – Understanding Karmic Justice 2. Does the concept of karma have a logical…
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Why are some people born wealthy and some poor?
Question: Why are some people born wealthy and some poor? Why do we so much injustice in the starting points of our lives? Answer: Yes, these seeming injustices can be quite hurting, but the twin concepts of karma and reincarnation can help us make sense of life and grow onwards in life. Let’s see how by…
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Does the concept of karma have a logical basis?
Question: Does the concept of karma have a logical basis? Answer: Certainly. Let’s see how. Karma as a word has gained mainstream acceptance today, as is evident from the fact despite its Sanskrit origin it has gained place in the English dictionary. However, karma as a philosophical principle has not yet gained similar mainstream understanding or…
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Why me! What did I do to deserve this? – Understanding Karmic Justice
Question: “Why me! What did I do to deserve this?” This is a question that many outraged people who feels unfairly singled out by cruel providence. Do the Vedic scriptures offer any answer to this question? Answer: Yes, the philosophy and logic of karma offers an answer that is both intellectually satisfying and emotionally hope-giving….
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How do we differentiate between helping the sick and playing God?
Santanu Saikia: When we see an accident victim or a heart-attack victim, our conscience say ‘Yes’ , we should provide medical help immediately , but why our conscience say a big ‘NO’ to administer a lethal injection to a 95 year old bedridden person with no brain function?In both of the cases we are trying…
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The Science of Karma
What is karma? How does it act? Questions like these are much more common today than a few decades ago. This is evident not only from the fact that the word ‘karma’ has a place in the English dictionary, but also from the fact that Gallup polls show an increase in percentage of people, not…
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Natural Calamities – Why? What to do?
(This article was written in Jan 2005 soon after a tsunami wave struck the Indian subcontinent) The tsunami wave that lashed several Indian Ocean countries has taken a toll of over a hundred thousand people. The magnitude of the disaster has shocked the whole world. Many countries have rushed to offer humanitarian aid. Scientists are…
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Why Natural Calamities?
Question: Why are we undergoing so many natural calamities like swine flu, droughts, floods, cyclones, earthquakes, hurricanes etc? Answer: These calamities raise a fundamental question: is the anger of nature chaotic, hitting us as helpless victims? Or is there a pattern underlying this apparent madness? According to the Vedic scriptures, all forms of sufferings are…
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Is Karma practically relevant?
Question: Do philosophical concepts like karma have any practical relevance in today’s world? Answer: Certainly. Let’s see how. Imagine a city with an entrance notice: “Welcome. There is no police force in this city; please follow the laws.” How many people will follow the laws? Very few, if any. Today’s world has become like that…
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Is vegetarianism necessary for spiritual advancement?
Question: Is giving up meat-eating necessary for making spiritual advancement? When the highest heads of several religions eat meat, aren’t those who claim the necessity of vegetarianism indirectly claiming to be more advanced than the heads of other religions? Answer: Yes and no; yes to the first question, no to the second. All the theistic wisdom-traditions…
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Is The Law of Karma Scientific ?
Question: Is the law of karma scientific? Answer: Yes and no; “yes” in the sense that the law of karma is, like the other laws of nature discovered by modern science, a foundational principle governing the world we live in; “no” in the sense that it involves the interaction of non-quantifiable parameters like consciousness, free will and…
