Re: How to get rid of Karma
hariḥ oṁ
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namasté
I am sure this is happening because of bad karma, so how to get rid of this?
karma is considered one of the 3 mala-s (blemishes) of the human condition.
- aṇu and we write it as āṇava-mala
- māyā and we write it as māyīya-mala
- karma and we write it as kārma-mala
Without getting too long winded aṇu is defined as minute, atomic, minutely. This ~smallness~ is another name for ego or for the individual. It is the notion
that this ego has (apparently ) found a way to make the infinite Self, small, minute, atomic and now individual ( or jīva¹).
Well it just so happens that the other two blemishes (māyā and karma) rely on this āṇava-mala to subsist. If one rids themselves of āṇava-mala then by default māyīya-mala and kārma-mala are unsupported and cannnot exist.
It is like a triangle - take away the base and the other two legs no longer have support.
Now, one needs to be aware by ridding themselves of this āṇava-mala all karma blemishes no longer have any support i.e. both ~good~ and ~bad~.
So, of those this wish to get rid of ~bad~ karma and leave only the good, this is a bit tricky. It is like removing the direction of 'up' while keeping the direction of 'down' in place. If that occurs, what then is the reference point of 'down' without 'up' ? What reference is there of 'big' if there is no 'small' ?
So one asks if this āṇava-mala is removed and so māyīya-mala and kārma-mala no longer have any support , what then is left ? The contented and wholeness of being. Why so? Because āṇava-mala is considered apūrṇatā or non-wholeness, non-fullness.
If you take away the limitation (aṇu) what remains is wholeness. If I wish to 'take away' the darkness in a room, I just open the curtains and light floods in. I did not have to collect and bag the darkness, I only needed to open the curtains and let the light in. How to do this as a person ? Via one's pursuit of sādhana¹.
iti śivaṁ
words
- jīva - some take as soul yet it is the principle of life , vital breath and therefore the soul as individual via the breath
- sādhana - bringing about , carrying out , accomplishment ; the re-recognition (via practice) of one's own Self (ātman)
Last edited by yajvan; 09 February 2014 at 09:46 AM.
यतस्त्वं शिवसमोऽसि
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