Does karma contribute to our achievements?
So does karma Contribute to our achievement And if good karma gets over can we build good karma Yeah Definitely karma contributes to our achievement We could say that There is The word karma first of all has many meanings Karma At one level means action that we are doing That is karma Karma also sometimes refers to reaction You know I am getting the result of karma Sometimes we use the word karma over there To also refer I am getting my karma now It is your karma We use it to We use that to refer to reaction So Now consider Farming In farming there are Three factors Which will determine whether the farmer gets a harvest Or not First is the duty of the farmer That is to sow the seeds Flow the land We could say that is the karma of the farmer Then after that The rains have to come In time in proper quantity That is the destiny That is daiva So what you are referring to as karma is actually destiny So After that also even the rains come The harvest is not going to come immediately The harvesting season has to come The time has to pass The third is kala So falla is the fruit So karma plus daiva plus kala Leads to falla So all three have to work together And Even in Fields which are as Performance driven as sports Almost all sports players Have some of their own Quirky superstitions Some sports players may just Wear an earring in one ear Some people may put a handkerchief half in their pocket So now the sports players Know that I have to perform There was an Australian batsman Whenever he would go out to bat He would make sure that the lids Of all the commodes would be closed And if he got out Early he would not come back to the pavilion He would go to the commodes And if any of the commode lids would open He would go and blast his other players Why did you keep that open? Because of that I got out Now logically There is no correlation between The batsman getting out and the lid of the commode being open The point is He also knew That there is something beyond Our own endeavors A player may bat very well But on that day the pitch may be deadly On that day The bowler might bowl an excellent delivery On that day The umpire might give a wrong decision So many things can go wrong So performance matters But performance is not all that matters There is something beyond human performance And he was through his own Quirky superstition about commode lids He was trying to appease that unknown Whatever it is But the point is that Destiny does shape our results So now sometimes we may do our karma We may do our duty We may study diligently We may prepare for an interview Whatever it is we are doing we do it diligently But the result just doesn't come It may be because the destiny at that time is not favourable Now the destiny Is itself not some Arbitrary hostile force The destiny is also The cumulative result Of our own past karma What we have done in the past That gets accumulated And that is So if you consider karma to be like a big water tank So The water that is Accumulated in the tank That is called as the Sanchit Karma The accumulated karma Activity that we are doing right now That is called the Agami Karma That is like the water going inside it And What we are experiencing That is like the water coming out That is like the Prarabdha Karma The terminology is not important But the important thing is That this stockpile that is there Sometimes we may be Doing good work But we may not be getting good results That is because the stockpile that is getting exhausted Some bad karma is getting exhausted at that time But still the point is that If we are doing good The good stockpile is also getting increased And eventually good results will come So When we start practicing yoga Especially Bhakti Yoga That comprises The best karma that we can do And that can actually Transform Our future course of life So when we Do devotional activities It is not just a good activity It is a spiritual activity And the spiritual activity It can change the result The result of that can be that Our destiny itself can be changed And good things can happen to us Or more importantly Even if the destiny doesn't change Still We can make the best out of whatever happens to us So if we are too disturbed If we are too morose If we are too weak hearted One thing goes wrong and we just collapse But if we are spiritual Even if one thing goes wrong We find the best way forward So Among these three factors Karma, Daiva, Kala Which leads to further result Karma is what we definitely need to do We have our duty to do Whatever job, profession Along with that if we do spiritual activity Then the Daiva Either it can be changed Re-adjusted Or whatever Daiva comes We can actually face it In a way that we grow through it We grow through it So The Destiny Is Not What is there in our destiny Is not as important As What is there In our heart If we have intensity In what we are doing Intensity not just means materialistic focus But a spiritual focus Then the destiny Will not thwart us We will be able to move forward Confidently and grow through Whatever life sends our way Does it answer your question? 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