Guest guest Posted July 5, 2003 Report Share Posted July 5, 2003 Namaste to all, I have one doubt which I would like to get clarified from the learned members. It is said that the Karmas we do are just for the purification of our anthakaraNa. Then what is the purpose of the Karmas we do for our forefathers after their death? What effect does it have ? In Gita 1.42, Arjuna is saying that our ancestors will perish if we dont do the Karmas for them. How does these Karmas help us or our forefathers ? I would like to know the Advaitic view on the matter. I humbly request the members to shed some light on this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 6, 2003 Report Share Posted July 6, 2003 JAI SHRI GANESH!!!!!! Namaste ranjit, I don't thing i would be able to give any advaitic view on this..but,but and but i would like to discuss my strong belief with u. I personally believe that our karmas directly effects our forefather and ancestors. I believe that we have a family even after we die and we mostly remain part of that family when we take another birth. Its like when we live life, we r part of two life one:-our body second:-our soul(atma) Atma changes the body when they re-birth.And the work we do in one birth may effect our life in next birth. As in we many times c innocent person getting punishment and crimnal enjoying.I ts all the effect of "karma". As u must be knowing these ancestors r known as "pitar devata".All of us will become a part of them one day.And i feel if u do bad u yourself become less powerful and if u do good u yourself become good and powerful.So u know when u do good u help both your atma and the atma of our ancestors.And i firmly believe in this.Even if u r a poor person,but if u have done everything with honesty and without harming others u will become strong your ancestor will become strong. And the life of atma will become better because of karma done by body. I tried to give answer logically to u!!!!! Waiting for comments!!! Jai Hari Ram!! Jai Krishna!! Jai Vaishno Mata!! Jai Baba Haridas!! Jai sai baba!! Jai durga mata!! Jai shankar bhagwan!! Jai Hanumanji ki!! Jai Jai Mahadev!! Jai Baramah!! Jai Saraswati Mata!! Jai surya Bhagwan!! Jai Pitar devata!! Jai Ho Sabhi Bhagwano Ki!! --- Ranjeet Sankar <thefinalsearch wrote: > Namaste to all, > I have one doubt which I would like to get clarified > from the learned > members. > It is said that the Karmas we do are just for the > purification of our > anthakaraNa. Then what is the purpose of the Karmas > we do for our > forefathers after their death? What effect does it > have ? In Gita 1.42, > Arjuna is saying that our ancestors will perish if > we dont do the Karmas for > them. How does these Karmas help us or our > forefathers ? I would like to > know the Advaitic view on the matter. I humbly > request the members to shed > some light on this. > > > > > > ------------------------ Sponsor > > Discussion of Shankara's Advaita Vedanta Philosophy > of nonseparablity of Atman and Brahman. > Advaitin List Archives available at: > http://www.eScribe.com/culture/advaitin/ > To Post a message send an email to : > advaitin > Messages Archived at: > advaitin/messages > > > > Your use of is subject to > > > SBC DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! http://sbc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 6, 2003 Report Share Posted July 6, 2003 namaste, After reading this mail, i have got another doubt. I have heard that the karma done by our forefathers affect the future generation......that too particularly that the karma(both good & bad) by our grandparents & parents would have effect on us......Is this true??......I would be happy to know what has been said about this in vedas and the member's view on this regards, jayaram --- Ranjeet Sankar <thefinalsearch wrote: > Namaste to all, > I have one doubt which I would like to get clarified > from the learned > members. > It is said that the Karmas we do are just for the > purification of our > anthakaraNa. Then what is the purpose of the Karmas > we do for our > forefathers after their death? What effect does it > have ? In Gita 1.42, > Arjuna is saying that our ancestors will perish if > we dont do the Karmas for > them. How does these Karmas help us or our > forefathers ? I would like to > know the Advaitic view on the matter. I humbly > request the members to shed > some light on this. > > > > > > ------------------------ Sponsor > > Discussion of Shankara's Advaita Vedanta Philosophy > of nonseparablity of Atman and Brahman. > Advaitin List Archives available at: > http://www.eScribe.com/culture/advaitin/ > To Post a message send an email to : > advaitin > Messages Archived at: > advaitin/messages > > > > Your use of is subject to > > > SBC DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! http://sbc. Discussion of Shankara's Advaita Vedanta Philosophy of nonseparablity of Atman and Brahman. Advaitin List Archives available at: http://www.eScribe.com/culture/advaitin/ To Post a message send an email to : advaitin Messages Archived at: advaitin/messages SBC DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 6, 2003 Report Share Posted July 6, 2003 Namaste Abbhayji, Thank you for your explanation. My understanding of the subject matter was the same as yours till I stepped into the realm of Advaita. But this vanilla version doesn't go hand in hand with Advaita. So that's why I wanted to know the Advaitic version. Its unfortunate that Shri Sankaraacharya started his commentary on Gita from the 2nd chapter onwards.. - abbhay lona I personally believe that our karmas directly effects our forefather and ancestors. I believe that we have a family even after we die and we mostly remain part of that family when we take another birth. Its like when we live life, we r part of two life one:-our body second:-our soul(atma) As u must be knowing these ancestors r known as "pitar devata". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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