If someone does something horrible to you wouldnt karma catch up with them right away ,or isnt there something to will back all the negative things with full force.
See I myself am very spiritual and I believe in certain things perhaps others do not...Just wondering you take on this.
2007-04-23 10:46:25 · 9 answers · asked by lala 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The Eastern analysis of karma says that there are three types of karma.
First is called sanchita. Sanchita means the total, the total of all your past lives. Whatsoever you have done, howsoever you have reacted to situations, whatsoever you have thought and desired, achieved, missed -- the total -- the total of your doings, thinkings, feelings of all the lives is called sanchita. Sanchita: the word means the all, the accumulated all.
The second type of karma is known as prarabdha. The second type of karma is that part of sanchita which you have to fulfill in this life, which has to be worked out in this life. You have lived many lives; you have accumulated much. Now a part of it will have the opportunity to be acted out, realized, suffered, passed through in this life. Only a part of it, because this life has a limitation -- seventy, eighty, or a hundred years. In a hundred years you cannot live all the past karmas -- the sanchita, the accumulated -- only a part of it. That part is called prarabdha.
Then there is a third type of karma which is known as kriyaman. That is day today karma. First the accumulated whole, then a small portion of it for this life, then even a smaller portion of it for today or for this moment. Each moment there is an opportunity to do something or not to do something. Somebody insults you: you become angry. You react, you do something; or, if you are aware, you simply watch, you don't become angry. You simply remain a witness. You don't do anything; you don't react. You remain cool and collected; you remain centered. The other has not been able to disturb you.
If you are disturbed by the other and you react, then the kriyaman karma falls into the deep reservoir of the sanchita. Then you are accumulating again; then for future lives you are accumulating. If you don't react, then a past karma is fulfilled -- you must have insulted this man in some past life, now he has insulted you; the account is closed. Finished. A man who is aware will feel happy that at least this part is finished. He has become a little more free.
Somebody came and insulted Buddha. Buddha remained quiet, he listened attentively, and then he said, "Thank you." The man was very much puzzled; he said, "Have you gone mad? I am insulting you, hurting you, and you simply say thank you?" Buddha said, "Yes, because I was waiting for you. I had insulted you in the past, and I was waiting -- unless you come I will not be totally free. Now you are the last man; my accounts are closed. Thank you for coming. You might have waited, you might not have come in this life, then I would have had to wait for you. And I don't say anything anymore, because enough is enough. I don't want to create another chain."
Then the kriyaman karma, the day-to-day karma, does not fall into the reservoir, does not add to it; in fact, the reservoir is a little less than it was. The same is true about prarabdha -- the whole life, this life. If in this life you go on reacting, you are creating the reservoir more and more. You will have to come again and again. You are creating too many chains; you will be in bondage.
Try to understand the Eastern concept of freedom. In the West freedom has a connotation of political freedom. In India they don't bother much about political freedom, because they say unless one is spiritually free, it makes not much difference whether you are politically free or not. The fundamental thing is to be spiritually free.
The bondage is created by the karmas. Whatsoever you do in unawareness becomes a karma. Any action done in unawareness becomes a karma because any action done in unawareness is not action at all; it is a reaction. When you do something in full awareness it is not a reaction; it is an action, spontaneous, total. It leaves no trace. It is complete in itself; it is not incomplete. If it is incomplete then some day or other it will have to be completed. So if in this life you remain alert, then the prarabdha disappears and your reservoir becomes more and more empty. In a few lives the reservoir becomes absolutely empty.
2007-04-23 13:30:41 · answer #1 · answered by Hans-Wolfgang R 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I believe Karma can take quite a while to catch up
what would be the point in Karma if the lesson was instant
we would just do wrong and think ok hit me Karma ... then continue to do wrong
if it comes when we least expect it ... it hits us harder and lessons are learned better that way
( in my opinion and experience )
2007-04-23 10:52:16 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
A strong wind blows you down, so that you fall into a puddle and ruin your clothes.
Good or bad?
That forces you to be late for work, in order to drop your clothes off at the cleaners, which means you have to work overtime in order to make up for the time you missed.
Good or bad?
After working late, you cautiously make your way to your car, only to be viciously beaten and mugged.
Good or bad?
You spend a week in a hospital, recovering from your injuries, while the police do a search for the people involved.
Good or bad?
After a week, the dry cleaner contacts you about picking up your clothes. You explain the situation, and they offer to send them over.
Good or bad?
The person who ends up bringing over your clothes normally doesn't perform this function, but did it as a favor because of their relationship with the owners.
Good or bad?
In bringing you you're clothes, you both find you have alot in common and eventually end up falling in love.
Good or bad?
Conclusion: Who is/are the agent(s) of karma, and to what end do their actions require 'balancing'?
2007-04-23 11:38:14 · answer #3 · answered by Khnopff71 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, karma is not always instant.
There are three types of karma. Sanchitha, Prarabdha and Agami Karma.
Agami or "agent-karma" is concerned with the present cause and effect, and will influence future lives; "prarabdha-karma" which had already been caused and is in the process of being effected; and, "sanchita-karma" which has been accumulated but has not yet been effected.
2007-04-23 10:51:30 · answer #4 · answered by MyPreshus 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Karma is a law of Physics - yes, you will receive what you send out.
The "karma police" don't always get to someone as quick as we like - but trust me - they'll find you.
There are ways to balance your karma - prayer, meditation, etc. Karma is definintely a force in the universe not to be taken lightly.
2007-04-23 10:56:50 · answer #5 · answered by Kaybee 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
According to Buddhist teaching... karma ripens when the causes and conditions for it to come to fruition are just right, and it's USUALLY in the future, or future life, not immediately. A teacher I know once said that it's sad that there is no immediate fruition or we'd be less likely to commit non-virtuous actions/speech.
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2007-04-23 10:52:36 · answer #6 · answered by vinslave 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
well its a lot more complex then that pet. say i went to the shop to pick up some milk and there was only one bottle left but i just realized i left my bag in the car so i go back and get it BUT another person really needed the milk more then i say for her two year old. now change it to i did have my bag and i picked up the milk that woman would have suffered more then i. its hard to explain. but you should get my drift. things happend and easily changed and its like domino's a chain reaction. sadly bad things dont always happen to bad people
2007-04-23 10:55:06 · answer #7 · answered by dragontears 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think it comes back later in their life in full swing.
2007-04-23 10:50:50 · answer #8 · answered by Skeptic123 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm glad I'm a Christian and I don't have to worry about being "recycled" into a murderer. My debt is paid in full.
2007-04-23 10:52:47 · answer #9 · answered by Bruce7 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋