daivayoga, chance, karma & fate
hariḥ oṁ
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Namasté
This post asks questions about the following:
- daiva दैव - destiny , fate , chance, divine power or will
- daivayoga दैवयोग - the juncture of fate, fortune, or chance ; and/or the dispensation of fate ( this is also written daivayogaḥ)
- yadṛcchā यदृच्छा -spontaneity, accident, chance or even self-will ; some may say yadṛcchayā which means by accident or unexpectedly.
- saṁśaya संशय - uncertainty
Chance, destiny, providence, divine intervention, saṃcita¹ karma and prārabhdha¹ karma ; the present selection of an action and its results either immediate or in the future. All these points of reference and influence are found in this life.
How does one know where the fruit of an action comes from? Is the result based upon the current effort expended, or is it the fruit ( result ) of a past action? Is it by chance or ~luck~ ? How does one sort this out?
Even Kṛṣṇa informs us in Bhāgavad gītā ( chapter 4, 17th śloka) - Unfathomable is the course of action. The word He uses is gahana गहन which means impenetrable , inexplicable , hard to understand (deep , dense , thick , impervious). IMO this unfathomable includes the complexity of where an action may stem from i.e.
- ādhyāmika आध्यामिक - relating to self or soul.
- ādhibhautika आधिभौतिक - belonging or relating to created beings or the surroundings of beings ~society~ .
- ādhidaivika आधिदैविक - relating or preceeding from gods or spirits; (from adhideva) , relating to or proceeding from gods or from spirits ; proceeding from the influence of the atmosphere or graha (planets) , proceeding from divine or supernatural agencies
Add to this a POV from the Yoga Vāsiṣṭa¹ . It talks of kākatālīya¹ on many occasions. That kākatālīya is the story of the crow and the palm tree. It goes like this:
A crow alights (lands) on the top of a coconut palm tree. Upon its touch-down at the top, at that very moment, a ripe coconut detaches from its branch and falls to the ground. Two mutually exclusive events ( ~unrelated~) occur. An observer views this event in the same space and time and sees a relationship, yet in truth there was none. That is both events were independent of each other.
We go through life and perform an action - sometimes that action brings great results, other times failure, grief, or little results. What then is occurring? Kākatālīya ? Chance? We as humans look for the connection, the inter-dependence of actions and sometimes they just may not be there.
What part of past karma ( if at all) is coming to bear? How does one think of this in their daily life?
Any opinions or views on this matter?
praṇām
words
- saṃcita संचित (some write this saṇcita) - piled together , heaped up , gathered , collected , accumulated ; In this application, it means the sum total of all past actions ; also note the following word: saṃcit संचित् to agree together , be unanimous
- prārabhdha प्रारब्ध commenced , begun , undertaken; one who has commenced or begun. Use here, in this application , it is that karma coming to fruition now
- Vāsiṣṭa ( also written vāśiṣṭha) means owning or belonging to the sage vasiṣṭha
- kākatālīya काकतालीय is kāka ( a crow) + tālī ( a tree) +ya (joining) : after the manner of the crow and the palm-fruit
Last edited by yajvan; 29 November 2009 at 12:47 PM.
यतस्त्वं शिवसमोऽसि
yatastvaṁ śivasamo'si
because you are identical with śiva
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