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Karma types and results
Chapter IV
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Immediate Long term Immediate Long term
Recipient is
satisfied and
happy
Lots of
reward in
future births
Mental
satisfaction
and serenity
Sowing of
seed of
habit
resulting inSamskara/
tendency/
habit
Fourfold result of Action:
Objective n Subjective
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Akarma
Karma
Vikarma
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In the Gitait is stated that as man falls more and
more deep in the pit of sin and darkness, his
redemption and ascent to light by the incarnationof God also approaches nearer. God takes birth
on earth when darkness reaches its utmost limit.
The periods of transition when we are on thethreshold of a brighter world or the transformed
world writes Jagdish Saran Agarwal, are always
marked by the height of darkness and turmoil
(62). Sri Aurobindo sings of the glorious descent
of the Avatarain such a gloomy situation in the
poem In the Moonlight:
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He rises now; for God has taken birth.
The revolutions that pervade the world
Are faint beginnings and the discushurled
Of Vishnu speeds down to enring the
earthThe old shall perish; it shall pass away,
Expunged, annihilated, blotted out;
And all the iron bands that ring about
Mans wide expansion shall at last give
way.
In the Moonlight
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Avatara
Nature and purpose
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Avatar Ordinary birth
Is the incarnation of the Supreme
in human form therefore
omnipotent
Is a soul manifesting on a human
body as a part of the life-death
cycle therefore has limited
capacities
Takes birth out of his own will Takes birth without any choice/will
as per the law of Karma
Not bound by Karma, all his
actions are non-actions
Bound by his Karma
Knows his true self and identity
and is a master of Yoga and prakriti
Ignorant of his true identity and is
under the control of maya
Comes when the balance of
dharma is lost on earth, comes
with a specific purpose
No specific purpose, unless
commissioned by the divine. Aim of
life is to unite with the divine
Aware of past births, knows his
future births
Ignorant of past births, does not
know about his future births
Birth and activities are divine,
beyond the gunas of Prakriti.
Birth and activities follow
Nature/Prakriti and the gunas at
prakriti cause the Jiva to act.
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My favorite AvataraThe most adorable
aspects:
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Pranayama and Sacrifice:The vital air in the heart is termed as Prana. The
meaning of Yama is control.
Therefore Pranayama is controlling the vital air.Controlling the vital air would in turn help in the
control of the mind. It is a great tool in silencing the
mind; which is a key step in God-realization.
Any step that takes us closer to liberation can be
termed as a sacrifice.
E.g. Physical sacrifice: Puja, havan,
Vital: Pranayama,Mental: Meditation, Study.