"Concept of Karman"
[pp. 60-97 are Jaina]
docrine of karman
p. 26 R.c Veda Samhita |
Veda, other than Samhita |
elsewhere |
4:26:27 praevious births |
p. 40 B.-A."man's next birth depends on his desires, as his desires are, so will be his next birth" |
as in the Republic of Platon, where the souls of the dead choose according to their own praedilections |
p. 39 S`atapatha-Brahman.a 6:2:2:27 "everyone is born into the world [which hath been] fashioned by himself" |
p. 97 [Jaina] "People are the architect of their own fate." |
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7:86:6 continuation of vicious deeds from praevious birth |
B.-A. 4:4:1-2 continuation of deeds of same nature from one life into the next |
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6:2:11 prayer to get rid of karman from praevious birth |
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7:9:3; 7:101:6; 7:102:2 transmigration of soul into immovable trees |
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3:38:2 san~cita karman |
p. 29 Br.hat-Aran.yaka & Chandogya-Upanis.ad The ks.atriya king Rajanya Pravahan.a Jaivali of Pan~cala, [a clan] of the Vratya-s of the east, first divulged as a secret the doctrine of karman |
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1:164:20 prarabdha karman |
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p. 38 16th hymn of 10th man.d.ala |
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Kama
p. 48 The Carvaka system is also known as Kama-acara-vada. |
In the Tantra-s, Mara is generally identified with Kama-deva. |
This would suggest a Carvaka worship of Mara; and thus that |
Kama-deva is first mentioned in the Atharvan Veda, thus suggesting that the Carvaka-s were occultist-sorcerers. |
The Tantra-s mention the "5 arrows" of Kama, indicating [American-Indian-style] "prayer-arrows". |
the Bauddha faith may have originated / developed in reaction against this worship of Mara. |
[Sorcerers, like warlocks & witches, often conceal their identity under the praetended guise of "atheists". No-one in India, even to-day, would be so misguided as to be a bonafide atheist.]
yoga
p. 71 |
Yoga is [defined as] "the vibrations set up in the soul through mind, body and speech." |
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p. 72 the 3 kinds of yoga |
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1st |
manas-__ "mental": satya "truth" |
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2nd |
vac-__ "speech": satya "truth" |
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3rd |
kaya-__ "bodily", concerning the 7 bodies:- |
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# |
__ body |
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1st |
Audarika (physical) |
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2nd |
Vai-kriya (transfomational) |
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3rd |
Aharika (translocational) |
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4th |
Karman.a (karmik) |
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5th |
Au. mixed with K. |
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6th |
V. mixed with K. |
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7th |
A. mixed with K. |
p. 75 the 5 Nidraka-s
1st |
Nidraka |
awakened by slight sound |
2nd |
Nidra-anidraka |
awakened by being shaken |
3rd |
Pracalaka |
sleep while sitting |
4th |
Pracala-pracalaka |
sleep while standing |
5th |
Styana-gr.ddhi |
somnambulism |
p. 78 the 6 karma-s of the body-joints
Vajra |
R.s.abha |
Naraca |
Ardha-naraca |
Kilika |
Sevarta |
mutually binding the Pudgala-s
pp. 78-79 the 6 karma-s of body-type
Sama-catur-asra |
Nyagrodha pariman.d.ala |
Sadi |
Kubja |
Vamana |
Hun.d.a |
pp. 79-80 the 8 pratyeka prakr.ti-s
Praghata |
"superiority over others" |
Uc^hvasa |
breathing |
A-tapa |
no overheating |
Ud-dyota |
emit cold lustre |
A-guru-laghu |
neither heavy nor light |
Tirtha-kara |
prophecy |
Nirman.a |
"formation of the limbs" |
Upaghata |
self-annihilation [suicide?] |
pp. 81-84 sthiti bandha (duration of bondage)
(k[ot.i]; k[ot.a-]k[ot.i]; P[alya-]U[pama]; S[agara-]U[pama] = kot.a-kot.i Palya-Upama-s; M[uhurta] = 48 minutes; A[valika] = 1/16,777,216th of Muhurta)
p. |
karman |
duration |
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maximum (all except ayus reckoned in kk SU) |
minimum |
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81 |
5 veilings of knowledge; or, 4 veilings of undifferentiated cognition |
30 |
<1 M |
5 nidraka-s (sleeps) |
30 |
3/7 SU |
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sensation of pleasure |
15 |
12 M |
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sensation of pain |
30 |
3/7 SU |
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5 hindrances |
30 |
<1 M |
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unbelief |
70 |
1 SU |
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12 passions |
40 |
4/7 SU |
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anger |
40 |
2 Masa |
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pride |
40 |
1 Masa |
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deceit |
40 |
1 Paks.a |
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greed |
40 |
<1 M |
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joking |
10 |
17 SU |
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disgust |
20 |
2/7 |
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sexual desire by males |
10 |
8 y |
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sexual desire by females |
15 |
¾ SU |
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sexual desire by neuters |
20 |
2/7 SU |
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infernal ayus (life-span) |
33 SU |
10,000 y |
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animal ayus (life-span) |
3 SU |
256 A |
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82 |
human ayus (life-span) |
3 SU |
256 A |
caelestial ayus (life-span) |
33 SU |
10,000 y |
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infernal recurrences of life-span |
30 |
2000/7 PU |
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animal recurrences of life-span |
20 |
2/7 SU |
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human recurrences of life-span |
15 |
3/14 SU |
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caelestial recurrences of life-span |
10 |
2000/7 PU |
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1-sensed class of beings |
20 |
2/7 SU |
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2-3-4-sensed class of beings |
18 |
9/35 SU |
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5-sensed class of beings |
20 |
2/7 SU |
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physical, fiery, & karman -bodies |
20 |
2/7 SU |
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transformation-body |
20 |
2000/7 SU |
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translocation-body |
<1 |
<1 kk SU |
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Vajra |
10 |
1/7 SU |
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R.s.abha |
12 |
6/35 SU |
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Naraca |
14 |
7/35 SU |
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Ardha-naraca |
16 |
8/35 SU |
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Kilika |
18 |
9/35 SU |
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Sevarta |
20 |
2/7 SU |
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black color [of soul] |
20 |
2/7 SU |
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green color [of soul] |
17+½ |
2/7 SU |
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red color [of soul] |
15 |
2/7 SU |
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yellow color [of soul] |
12+½ |
2/7 SU |
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83 |
white color [of soul] |
10 |
1/7 SU |
pleasant odor |
10 |
1/7 SU |
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unpleasant odor |
20 |
2/7 SU |
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bitter taste |
20 |
2/7 SU |
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biting taste |
17+½ |
2/7 SU |
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astringent taste |
15 |
<1 M |
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sour taste |
12+½ |
2/7 M |
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sweet taste |
10 |
1/7 M |
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cold |
20 |
2/7 M |
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warm |
10 |
1/7 M |
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infernal anu-purvi |
20 |
2000/7 PU |
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animal anu-purvi |
20 |
2/7 SU |
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human anu-purvi |
15 |
3/14 SU |
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caelestial anu-purvi |
10 |
2000/7 PU |
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pleasant gait |
10 |
1/7 SU |
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unpleasant gait |
2 |
2/7 SU |
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"cold lustre" |
20 |
2/7 SU |
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Tirthakara |
<1 |
<1 kk SU |
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formation |
20 |
2/7 SU |
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moveable |
20 |
2/7 SU |
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melodious |
10 |
1/7 SU |
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84 |
fame |
10 |
8 M |
undeveloped |
18 |
9/35 SU |
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unsuggestive |
20 |
2/7 SU |
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high (wealthy) family |
10 |
8/35 SU |
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low (poor) family |
20 |
2/7 SU |
[this may be taken from a manuscript with #s partially slipped back by one space; as it would regularly be expected that there would be the same duration for each color of soul, etc.]
pp. 86-87 Les`ya-s (colors of souls)
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les`ya |
character |
1st |
krs.n.a (black) |
cruel, torturing |
2nd |
nila (blue) |
hypocritical |
3rd |
kapota (gray) |
wrathful |
4th |
tejas (fiery) |
religious |
5th |
padma (pink) |
compassionate |
6th |
s`ukla (white) |
impartial |
p. 197 dependent origination in Veda-anta -- in stages:-
1st |
a-vidya (ignorance) |
2nd |
a-viveka (indiscrimnation) |
3rd |
abhi-mana (attachment) |
4th |
raga-dves.a-adi (emotion & hatred) |
5th |
karman (activity) |
6th |
embodiment |
7th |
misery |
p. 314 karma-s
2 karma-s, by time for reaping reward |
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"karman" |
its definition |
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laukika __ |
"Actions whose fruits are to be reaped in this world" |
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para-laukika __ |
"those actions where are performed here in this world with a view to get their fruits in the next world" |
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3 karma-s, by intensity of efforts |
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karman |
explanation |
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san~cita ("accumulated") |
"have not yet begun to manifest themselves" |
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prarabdha ("actions-in-being") |
"have begun to manifest by influencing man's mind" |
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kriya-man.a ("action-in-doing") |
"actions which are done at present but whose fruits will have to be borne in future" |
nis.-kama karman-s
according to author (pp.317-321), nis.-kama ("without desire") activities are of the nature of altruism: |
but actually, altruism involveth very much desire (for performing it); what would truly be "without desire" would be only a state of "possession" of one's self by a deity |
p. 315 scripturally required karman-s
karman |
definition |
s`rauta __ |
[as, in Gr.hya Sutra-s: samskara-s (life-cycle rites)] |
smarta __ |
[jati ("guild")] work-assignment |
pauran.ika __ |
[most notably, pilgrimage to tirtha-s] |
Kewal Krishna Anand: Indian Philosophy (Concept of Karma). Bharatiya Vidya Prakashan, 1982.