Bhootkal Vartmankal Bhavisyatkal

In the  previous post  on the Karma Series ( Part 1 ,  Part 2 )we set forth understanding if the concept of Karma was true. In the process, we stumbled upon a very pertinent question - "Do we have multiple births?".   The starting point for our analysis was the Big Bang Theory. Though there are lot of contentions regarding the validity of the theory, we used it to explore a thread of thought based on parallel universes by neither affirming nor denying the Theory but using it to understand a powerful concept. In this post, we shall try to answer the very same question (Do we have multiple births?) using an alternate path of a series of simple questions & answers between a seeker of truth and his Guru. Seeker: What is Karma? Guru: It can be defined as a cause and effect principle where the intent and actions of an individual influence the future of that individual. Good intent/action result in accumulation of good karma & bad intent/actio...

KARMA - Part 2 After a good 4 years of thinking, there are some additional thoughts to add on to the question which we started asking earlier – “ “Are you controlled by karma/fate OR do you have the power to change your karma/fate?” We reached at the following mutually exclusive conclusions in our earlier post: 1.      Human beings and all other creations are puppets in the hands of a super-power – which/who is doing all these staged dramas/plays for some reason unknown to us. OR 2.      The entire idea of karma is false. Let us delve deeper into these thoughts in this post. Let us first list down all the facts we know about Karma. Firstly, we all know that the concept of Karma is born out of the fact that every single action/thought which emanates from a human being has a future effect. This future effect might either be after a period of 1 year, 10 years, 100 years, 1000 years or even longer. Depending upon the t...

After a long time, I was going on a trip to a few temples in South India along with my family. To kill time during travel, we started talking about random topics. Quite a lot of them were really thought provoking. I would like to post one such very interesting topic here –  “Are you controlled by karma/fate OR do you have the power to change your karma/fate?” Let us validate each argument separately. In India, we have always believed in karma as concept wherein the good & bad deeds done in one’s previous life(s) will have a direct bearing on the subsequent life(s). We are controlled by karma/fate: Now we start by assuming that we are controlled by karma/fate. Hence, when a person is born, his fate is already decided. The decision each person takes in his/her life will make sure that the person is moving on the track towards this “intended fate”. This would mean all good deeds & bad deeds that a person would do are already pre-decided so that he achieves...