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What is Karma made of? 😱

Not all karma is equal.

— Some get erased in seconds.
— Some bind you for lifetimes.
— Some even continue after you’re dead.

Let’s explore the 3 types of Karma.. and what Hinduism really says.

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Karma literally means “action” — but in Hinduism, it means more:

👉 Action + Intention + Consequence.

Every thought, word, and deed.. done with ego or attachment, leaves an imprint on your soul.

That’s karma. And it doesn’t disappear when you die.

📌 There are 3 types of Karma mentioned in Hindu texts like:

• Yoga Vasistha
• Brahma Sutras
• Bhagavad Gita
• Patanjali Yoga Sutras
• Vivekachudamani

👉 Each type binds you in a different way.. and must be handled differently.

📌 Sanchita Karma – The Accumulated Load

This is the entire stockpile of karmas from all your past lives. The infinite ledger you've built over countless births.

It includes:
— Good karmas (punya)
— Bad karmas (paap)
— Mixed karmas
— Unmanifest karmas

👉 You don’t suffer all your karmas in one birth.. only a part is selected.

🔹 Swami Sivananda writes:

“Sanchita Karma is like arrows in a quiver. From this, Prarabdha is drawn.. like the arrow already shot.”

👉 It’s your karmic bank balance. And most of us have been accumulating it for lifetimes.

📌 Prarabdha Karma – The Karma That Has Sprouted

This is the activated part of Sanchita Karma that’s ripe to bear fruit now.

It decides:

— Your birth
— Your family
— Body, gender, appearance
— Major joys and major sufferings
— Even the time and manner of death

It has already begun.. and must be burned through by living it out.

👉 Even enlightened beings cannot escape it completely.

🔹 As per the Yoga Vasistha:

“Prarabdha must be exhausted only through experience. No other method can destroy it once it has begun.”

Even Jnana (Self-knowledge) doesn’t erase it.. it only removes your identification with it.

👉 That's why even realized souls still appear to age, fall sick, or die.

Their body plays out its Prarabdha Karma... even if the soul is free.

— Ramana Maharshi still got cancer.
— Shree Krishna still got hit by an arrow.

🔹 Freedom from karma doesn't mean escaping life.. it means transcending attachment to it.

📌 Kriyamana Karma (or Agami Karma) – The Karma You're Creating Now

This is your free will in action.

Every conscious act.. every word, every choice.. adds new karma.

👉 This karma may bear fruit in:

— This life (immediate)
— Future lives (delayed)
— Or even affect your children (transgenerational)

You’re writing your future destiny right now.

🔹 Patanjali Yoga Sutras (2.12) says:

“The reservoir of karmas has its roots in afflictions and is experienced in visible or invisible births.”

So your Kriyamana karma can extend far beyond your current life.

👉 This is why intentions matter even more than actions.

Think of it like this:

🔹 Sanchita = All arrows you've collected in lifetimes
🔹 Prarabdha = The arrow already fired.. must strike
🔹 Kriyaman = Arrows you're crafting right now

Each thought is a seed.
Each act is an arrow.

👉 You’re living the past.. and shaping the future — at once.

📌 Can karma be erased?

Yes.. but only through realization.

👉 Jnana Yoga (Self-knowledge) burns Sanchita Karma
👉 Bhakti Yoga (surrender to God) neutralizes Kriyamana Karma
👉 But Prarabdha Karma must be lived through.. with detachment

No shortcuts. But many paths.

📌 How to stop creating karma?

By acting without ego or desire.

🔹 Shree Krishna says in Bhagavad Gita 3.9:

“Work must be done as a sacrifice to the God.
Otherwise, it binds one to this world.”

👉 This is Karma Yoga... action with detachment.

"Do your duty, but don’t cling to the results."

👉 Here's The Real Secret...

Karma binds only when you think: “I am the doer.”

Once you realize: “I am not the body or the mind.. I am pure Consciousness” — karma loses its grip.

The arrow may hit the body.
But the Self remains untouched.

🔹 Adi Shankaracharya writes in Vivekachudamani:

“For the one who has realized the Self, there is no bondage, even though karma may remain...
Just as the movement of the fan continues for a while after it’s turned off.”

👉 Liberation is not escape. It’s inner freedom.

👉 So if you're suffering, remember:

You're not being punished.
You're experiencing Prarabdha.. karma ready to bear fruit.

But your response to it... the choices you make now, become Kriyamana Karma.

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