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What are the four types of karma?
Karma of Four Types
- Prarabdha, matured, Karma. Imagine a fruit, an apple, on a tree.
- Sanchita, stored, Karma. This is your store of karma.
- Agami, forthcoming, Karma. Imagine you entered the apple garden.
- Vartamana, present, Karma. It is also known as kriyamāṇa, actionable, present karma, the one that is being done.
How do I get rid of sanchita karma?
Sanchita karma can be burned off by spiritual practices before it manifests. Agami karma is the future karma of the action; that which has not yet come and which will take effect in the future. If you commit a crime, you may not get caught today, but will live with the possibility that, one day you may get caught.
What is the meaning of prarabdha karma?
Prarabdha is a Sanskrit word meaning “commenced” or “begun,” while the word karma comes from the root kri, meaning “to act,” so prarabdha karma translates as “action that has begun.” Yogapedia explains Prarabdha Karma Prarabdha is one of three types of karma.
What is the difference between good and bad karma?
Karma, in general, refers to all actions in life and the effect they have on life in the future, including future incarnations. Good karma leads to future happiness, while bad karma leads to suffering. Prarabdha karma cannot be changed, because it is the karma created earlier in life, or in past lives, that is yielding results in the present.
How does karma fructify?
Every action is physical, emotional, or mental at every moment occurring either on the plane of gross matter (Sthoolam) or on astral planes (Sookshma), which causes an emission of energy. In other words, it produces a seed. Being a seed, karma fructifies or does not fructify immediately after it is sown.
What is unfinished karma and how to clear it?
The soul keeps on coming back to the earth, taking incarnations after incarnations just to clear the backload of the pending Karma. The unfinished Karma are the things left unaccomplished or undone in the previous life births. Through the horoscope, the pending Karma can be assessed, and a Karma correction can be implemented to clear the backlog.