KARMA

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1) If the fruits of karma are inevitable and un-escapable, then what is the

role of prayers?2) What is the role of Her Compassion (karuna, daya) , Her Grace

(Arul in Tamil as Sri Vallalaar uses it) in mitigating the effects of

sanjita and praarabda karma of sincere devotees?

3) What is the purpose of doing anushtaana, tapas and sincere prayer to ward of

an affliction or problem or misery by reciting certain mantras, slokas, etc., if

the karma fruits are un-eraseable?

4) What should one make of events where saints and siddha purushaas remove the

miseries of few lucky ones?

5) If man is the maker of the destiny, can I perform certain karmas now that

will remove the effects of past karmas?

6) If a devotee's karma fruits are erased by Her because that devotee had a

karma to happen so, isn't it putting limits on how She could act? Then this

would mean that She is bound not to act on another devotee who suffers although

he/she is equally devoted to Her because this devotee did not enough karma

credit to work on.. Is this correct? Can this even be possible for Her, the

'samsaara bandha nirmagna samudharana panditha'?

 

 

Namasthe. Brief answers as I understand after listening to Mahans.

 

Question 1

 

Happiness and Misery is only a State of Mind . The Mind never gets destroyed

except when realization takes place. The Mind gets into Sukshma Sareeram at the

time of death. The role of prayers contributes to either acceptance or Mental

maturity to consider the karma as not material and take it as prasada.

 

Question 2

 

Nishkamya also attracts grace and the result is similar to above.

 

Question 3

 

In my opinion it is only deferring it to the next Janma or a person has no

Choice but to fall upon it as the last resort.

 

Question 4

 

Only Maha purushas like Periyavaal can take others Karmas if they desire and

they suffer briefly. There are many instances I know how Periyavaal suffered but

to get their Karuna it is very difficult .

 

Question 5

 

Right and wrong has their own fruits and cant be adjusted against one

another.Some of the Brahmins living in the US and other foreign countries who

were not doing pitru Karmas went to the Kaanchi Mutt and created a Fixed

Deposit, the interest of which were to be used to feed a Cow on the Shraddha

Day.

 

Swamyji clearly indicated that a sin was distinctly committed for not dong

Shradda and there was a Punyam for feeding the cow.

 

Question 6

 

The best thing is to consider and strengthen our Minds and accept All happenings

as a PRASADA and develop a Prasada Bhuddhi. The idea of our temple giving the

devotees either a flower or water or a tulsi or a laddu or a Big Feast like the

feast given in Sastha Preethy or big Homa is the recipient should consider in

equal terms anything that is received from the LORD and one bigger than the

other..

 

 

 

With Warm Regards

 

 

Ganapathy -- Vijyalakshmy