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Karma Theory

Types of Karma
Previous birth This birth Next birth

San͂cita Karma Prārabdha Karma

San͂cita Karma Aāgāmi Karma


Principle of Karma Theory
• As I sow, so shall I reap
• I only get what I deserve
• Nothing comes for free
• I am the maker of my own destiny
कर्मण्येवाधिकारस्ते र्ा फलेषु कदाचन ।
र्ा कर्मफलहेतर्ु मर्भ ाम ते सङ्गोऽस््वकर्मधि ।।2.47।।

You have a right to perform your prescribed duty, but you are not entitled to the fruits of
action. Never consider yourself to be the cause of the results of your activities, and never be
attached to not doing your duty.

- Bhagavad Gita, Chapter II, Verse 47


Why should I work?
• To give back what we have taken
• By birth we have a debt
• Work exposes our limitations to our conscious view so that we can analyse
them and try to improve ourselves

Deva ṛṇa • Inanimate nature


Bhūta ṛṇa • Other beings (plants, animals)
Manuṣya ṛṇa • Society (other people)
Ṛṣī ṛṇa • Teachers
Pitṛ ṛṇa • Ancestors
How should I work?
• Goals
• To pay back debt
• To improve ourselves
• Clear five debts
• Hard work
• Do my duty
• Whatever comes my way and whatever is expected of me in my current
position is my natural duty
• Make sure that I give more than I take
• Avoid shortcuts, lethargy, self pity, blaming others or environment, anxiety
towards the immediate target, over consumption
कर्ेधरियाधि संयम्य य आस्ते र्नसा स्र्रन् |
इधरियार्ामधरवर्ढभ ा्र्ा धर्थ्याचार: स उच्यते || 3.6

karmendriyāṇi sanyamya ya āste manasā smaran


indriyārthān vimūḍhātmā mithyāchāraḥ sa uchyate

Those who restrain the external organs of action, while continuing to dwell
on sense objects in the mind, certainly cheat themselves and are to be called
hypocrites.
यधस््वधरियाधि र्नसा धनयम्यारर्तेऽर्मनु |
कर्ेधरियै: कर्मयोगर्सक्त: स धवधिष्यते || 3.7

yas tvindriyāṇi manasā niyamyārabhate’rjuna


karmendriyaiḥ karma-yogam asaktaḥ sa viśhiṣhyate

But those karm yogis who control their knowledge senses with the mind,
O Arjun, and engage the working senses in working without attachment,
are certainly superior.
धनयतं कुरु कर्म ्वं कर्म ज्यायो ह्यकर्मि: |
िरीरयात्राधि च ते न प्रधसद्् येदकर्मि: || 3.8

niyataṁ kuru karma tvaṁ karma jyāyo hyakarmaṇaḥ


śharīra-yātrāpi cha te na prasiddhyed akarmaṇaḥ

You should thus perform your prescribed Vedic duties, since action is
superior to inaction. By ceasing activity, even your bodily maintenance
will not be possible.
तस्र्ादसक्त: सततं कायं कर्म सर्ाचर |
असक्तो ह्याचररकर्म िरर्ाप्नोधत िरुभ ष: || 3.19

tasmād asaktaḥ satataṁ kāryaṁ karma samāchara


asakto hyācharan karma param āpnoti pūruṣhaḥ

Therefore, giving up attachment, perform actions as a matter of


duty, for by working without being attached to the fruits, one attains
the Supreme.
Duty

Expectation Karma
Ego
of reward Yoga

Attachment
Results
• Think and face about logical and illogical consequences
• Success or failure – learn and go ahead
• Face success with humility
• Face failure with dignity
न र्े िार्ामधस्त कतमव्यं धत्रषु लोके षु धकञ्चन |
नानवाप्तर्वाप्तव्यं वतम एव च कर्मधि || 3.22

na me pārthāsti kartavyaṁ triṣhu lokeṣhu kiñchana


nānavāptam avāptavyaṁ varta eva cha karmaṇi

There is no duty for me to do in all the three worlds, O Parth, nor do


I have anything to gain or attain. Yet, I am engaged in prescribed
duties.
यधद ह्यहं न वतेयं र्ातु कर्मण्यतधरित: |
र्र् व्र्ामनवु तमरते र्नष्ु या: िार्म सवमि: || 3.23

yadi hyahaṁ na varteyaṁ jātu karmaṇyatandritaḥ


mama vartmānuvartante manuṣhyāḥ pārtha sarvaśhaḥ

For if I did not carefully perform the prescribed duties, O Parth, all
men would follow my path in all respects.

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