KARMA THE BASIC PRINCIPLE

BY : Ramandeep SinghGROZ – JCB Team

ASM North

5. Karma (Activity)

Five Major Topics in Bhagavad-Gita

1. ISVARA(GOD)

2.Jiva (Living Entity)

3. Prakriti

(Material

Nature)

4.Kala (Time)

KARMA (ACTIVITY)

Definition: Activities performed by the living entities conditioned by the three modes, under the control and purview of time

THE LAW OF KARMA

“For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction”

• We are accountable for everything we think, speak or do

Therefore we must be aware of the consequences of all the activities that we perform.

Karma: The Holy Bible

The Bible talks a lot about reaping and sowing. Job 4:8 says, “As I have observed, those who plow eviland those who sow trouble reap it.” Psalm 126:5 says,“Those who sow in tears will reap with songs of joy.”

[17:34] "Allah says, ‘Fulfill your contracts. Contracts will be asked about.

[17:26] "And render to the kindred their due rights, as (also) to those in want, and to the wayfarer. But waste not (your wealth, time, health, talents, opportunities etc) in the manner of a spendthrift.“

[17:27] "For the wasteful are the brothers of Satan; and Satan is ungrateful to his Lord."

TAQWA & AYAT

Complete Elimination of Wastage; and Equal Level of Respect for All.

KARMA: HOLY QURAN

Realization: SUFFERING!He studied with famous teachers but he failed to look for an answerto his questions.

Karma is a Sanskrit word that literally means "action". The word is used to refer to volitional acts as well as the fruits or consequences that arise from these acts. The idea of karma had existed in ancient Indian philosophy before the time of Siddhartha Gautama, and it became an important element of Buddhist philosophy.

BUDDHISM: THE ENLIGHTENMENT

the law of karma describes the connection between actions and the resulting forces, as follows: wholesome actions lead to wholesome states while unwholesome actions lead to unwholesome states, individually as well as collectively.

The karma of past, present, and future events are connected by the law of cause and effect.

There is no higher instance, no judgment, no divine intervention, and no gods that steer man's destiny, but only the law of karma itself, which works on a universal scale.

Law of Cause and Effect Law of Action and Reaction What one sows, one reaps Our intention behind our actions of mind,

speech and body binds us with Karma

Jain Karma Theory

Empowering Theory

While the Law of Karma dictates what we are

experiencing now to be the result of our own past action.

Only WE are responsible for our past, present and future and only WE can alter it. No

one else can!

THE ULTIMATE GOAL

To free our soul from its bondage of KarmaThrough (Three Jewels:tri-ratna)

1.Samyak Darshan (Rational Perception)

2.Samyak Gnyan (Rational Knowledge)3.Samyak Charitra

(Rational Conduct)

DIFFERENT TYPES OF KARMA

TYPE ACTIVITY

Karma As per scriptural (‘PIOUS’) directions

Vi-karma Against scriptural directions (‘SINFUL’)

A-karma For which one does not suffer any reaction

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CONCLUSION

•Karma is a positive energy that means any energy you release ultimately returns to you in one form or another•Every time we think or do something, we create a cause, which in time will bear its corresponding effects.• We’re all part of one organic whole in which everything is interrelated and everything affects everything else.•Success and prosperity of an Organization or a Man is the outcome of commitment to certain golden principles of life•When we deal honestly with our customers, we will get back the positive energy which released in the form of business successHelping others can only give us more blessings, because if they succeed in business then you will as well• Values, Principles, Trust, Honesty, Rationality, Respect & Help.

REFERENCES:

The Bhagwad GitaManagement in Islam by Javed Omar.The Holy QuranThe Holy BibleThe Toyota Way by Jeffrey K.Jainisam & Buddhism by Wikipedia.Radio Mirchi FM

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