Questions tagged [karma]
Karma (Sanskrit: कर्म ) means action, work or deed. Karma refers to the principle of causality where intent and actions of an individual influence the future of that individual.
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Which interpretation is correct if goal of our work is to get moksha by Shri Hari Vishnu?
I have lot of confusions regarding what type of work ,mode and thought is right way if our goal is moksha. I have lot of confusions on how to correctly do it. But here I can divide interpretations as ...
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Why do fatal disasters occur?
Why do localized disasters (eg. fires or explosions in a building or natural disasters) that kill so many localized people, occur? A person meets his/her fate and death according to their karmic debts....
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i made a promise to god in my mind and could not keep it
i made a promise to god in my mind that if i get admission in good college i will not eat non veg but today after almost a year i broke my promise and ate chicken with my will
i also ate chicken ...
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Anywhere written that Law of Karma is difficult to understand
Some people do bad things and suffer in this life.
But Some people do exactly the same bad things and live long and healthy lives.
Till now I haven't seen any verse in scriptures as to why it happen.
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Sanchita Karma allocation
We have Sanchita karma -- accumulation over many births, and a share/portion of this gets experienced after death (in Svarga or Naraka) and a share/portion experienced in next birth (Prarabhdha), and ...
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What does freedom from Karmic reactions imply in Hindu scriptures if it is mental state ,if we will face direct consequences?
From best of my understanding surrendering oneself to lotus feet of Shri Hari Vishnu(or avatars) is fastest way to get freedom from Karmic reactions and attachments.
In most of commentaries and text ,...
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Staying at relatives's house and debt incurred?
In my opinion, one should avoid staying in relative house but due to ignorance , If someone had visited in some family relative's house in the past and stayed there for sometime and ate food provided ...
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In Kaliyuga, under what situations do we have authority to break law and seek violence?
In some countries, there are laws that allow force marriage and marital rape ,force conversion of minorities legal(Not directly written but if one is forced to convert to Islam and married in coercion ...
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Afterlife is like sleep and dreams?
This page says the below -
"From the point of view of Hinduism, dying may be compared to falling asleep and after-death experiences to dreams. The thoughts and actions of the waking state ...
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Are all events in my our life predecided before birth?
Some people believe that our soul before taking birth pre-decide all events that will happen in this life.
So, everything that happens in our life is fixed before birth.
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Saying it in other way -
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Do we suffer more if we do intense upasana?
Is it true that when we intensely invoke a form of God or engage in spiritual practice, we suffer a little more quickly due to the destruction or reduction of past sins and we Consequently experience ...
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According to ultimate guide of hindusim should we use kama should we grihastha
In hindusim there is ultimate guide shree mad bhagvad geeta according to it should we do kama ( desires )?
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Should we interfere in someone else's karma and karmaphal and suggest them what to do without being asked?
One of my relative is keeping parrots in cage. I searched online and found that parrots have cognitive ability of 3-5 year old human baby. And they feel very bad in cage.
Should I suggest this ...
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Universe origin, Brahman before time, and fairness of karma for innocents
Namaste,I have two related doubts rooted in Sanatana Dharma scriptures about creation, time, souls (atman), and karma:How was the universe (srishti) formed according to Vedas/Upanishads/Puranas? When ...
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Is basis of Adharma doing harm to others?
Is the basis of adharma doing harm to other people/beings ?
If my action is not harming/hurting anyone, am I safe from Adharma ?
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