Look at karma as dues.
Karma terminology is different in different religions.The concepts in Jainism,Hinduism and Buddhism are also quite different.Some concepts go too deep and you need a deep study to understand them.I would like to talk of basic concepts which help me to understand Karma in my personal life and to act upon it to benefit me in a practical way.
In Hindu terminology,there are three types of basic Karmas.To explain better,I look at Karma as dues or debts I have to repay.
Firstly there is Sanchita Karmas.
These are total dues accumulated over many previous lives.
Then there is Prarabda Karma.This is the total dues I have to settle in this life,in my current birth.This is predestined.It is like fruits that have ripened on the trees that have to be plucked immediately.
And then there is the Agami Karmas…These are the fresh dues I am creating in this life by my acts of omission and commision due to ignorance .These karmas I am freshly creating, add to my total dues.They may be settled in this life itself or may be passed on and added to the total sum for future squaring off.
It all sounds very money lenderish- but the terminology makes sense if you believe in the principle of ” as you sow,so shall you reap.”
And who keeps all the multiple accounts of all the people in the world?
Each person has his karma genes inside him,you can call it his “conscience genes”,which are carried on from life to life.These are the storehouse of that person’s karmas.One day Science will discover this gene.Believe it or not.
Sounds interesting. Karma genes is an interesting concept.
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The principle of Karma as per Jainism is not that simple that it can be explained in a para or two.. Ofcourse the basic theme can be explained, but in Jainism there is a very detailed, systematic study of Karma. Its like studying your Engineering in Computer Science. Its a vast ocean of knowledge…
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In most spiritual teachings, the ultimate truth is one of singularity. It is separation that is the illusion. It is our ignorance of this truth that causes individual deeds and thus karma. Most teachings will put forward the belief that this karma will need to be repaid for the individual entity to move forward, or gain enlightenment. But the question is this. If the ultimate truth is one of singularity, and separation the illusion, then how can a “separate” entity (illusion) create something individual and at the same time real (individual Karma) that has to be repaid by the illusion (individual). Or to put it simply, how can individual karma be any less of an illusion than the individual that created it?
“One day Science will discover this gene.Believe it or not.”
Would anyone like to stop for a minute and think about the difference between things proven to be true and things we might wish to be true? Is bold, speculative confidence a substitute for evidence and logic? Given that no one has ever proved any existence of karma whatsoever (as much as our compartmentalized brains would love to classify things as such), does the author here at least understand genetics?
How exactly would a gene be involved in karma? If karma is a supernatural energy, why would it require some lowly, human genetic sequence to function? Does the karma gene produce a karma protein which carries out activities in a cell? If so, how does that function ever manifest itself in out actions? Is the gene active in all tissues? Will we someday be able to give karma gene therapy? Given that effective gene therapy really only lacks only a good delivery system and should be here soon, why should we worry about karma at all? Can’t we just get some genetic solution in the future?
Is this website just a philosophical tail-chasing contest?
Just trying to help out by pointing towards some truth — staying on topic, here’s a website from a “doctor” who knows very little about genetics and is speculating on evidence for karma in genes. The author thinks genes can be seen as “nodules” under an electron microscope. In actuality, genes are just certain sequences in the middle of a continuous DNA strand (analogous to words in a word search). Histones would be the only nodular-like structures, but don’t get excited, because they’re nothing special. Here’s the site and the ridiculous quote (among many) from the site :
http://tinyurl.com/5dkyc9
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This is the question which keeps coming to my mind when ever I compare the way Karma is supposed to influence a person and the way genes play their role in life. One difference of course is, that genes but not Karma can be seen as tiny solid nodules on the chromosomes under the electron microscope.
If they were the same, can Karma appear as solid matter under a microscope?. The Quantum Theory can probably explain this based on dual nature of matter.
Therefore, if one now argues that genes are actually our Karma, there is very little ground to oppose such a view. What we see as solid nodules could be condensed forms of energy or Karma, one may say.
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INteresting.But thanks a million for taking the time to send me the quote as well as the comment.