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Life Is Easier Without Karma - A Discussion
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<blockquote data-quote="Embers" data-source="post: 169204" data-attributes="member: 9385"><p><strong>Re: Life is easier without karma - a dicussion.</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Dear Randip Singh Ji</p><p>Thanks for picking up on that. The answer is NO. I do not believe in Varna or caste. </p><p></p><p>So why do I hold Karma as true?</p><p></p><p>It is true as long as there is ego. Ego is not evil, but ego leads to harm. Ego is the creation of Akaal Purat, and hence to see it as evil would be to judge God's creation as evil or good. It is not my wish to judge God's creation (or God).</p><p></p><p>So whilst there is ego and a sense of doership there will be karma. But karma is cause and effect. If I drink cola I will get fat (my body is prone to weight gain). So I have a karmic choice: drink cola or not drink cola. Whilst I hold there is an ego there will be result and I will feel that result e.g. fatness and with it suffering is likely. Suffering on the tread mill and suffering in my mind. </p><p></p><p>So karma is relatively true, it lasts as long as the ego. </p><p></p><p>If I dissolve the ego in His naam then there is no karma, there is only change. There are only things happening to the body-mind-intellect. There is no doer at the highest level, no accumulator of karma and hence no karma.</p><p></p><p>None the less, Karma is used by the Guru's in the Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji (in English at least), so I see a dilemma for Sikhism:</p><p></p><p>Page 2, Line 5</p><p>ਕਰਮੀ ਆਵੈ ਕਪੜਾ ਨਦਰੀ ਮੋਖੁ ਦੁਆਰੁ ॥</p><p>करमी आवै कपड़ा नदरी मोखु दुआरु ॥</p><p>Karmī āvai kapṛā naḏrī mokẖ ḏu▫ār.</p><p>By the karma of past actions, the robe of this physical body is obtained. By His Grace, the Gate of Liberation is found.</p><p>Guru Nanak Dev</p><p></p><p>Page 8, Line 3</p><p>ਕਰਮ ਖੰਡ ਕੀ ਬਾਣੀ ਜੋਰੁ ॥</p><p>करम खंड की बाणी जोरु ॥</p><p>Karam kẖand kī baṇī jor.</p><p>In the realm of karma, the Word is Power.</p><p>Guru Nanak Dev </p><p></p><p>Page 128, Line 16</p><p>ਹਉਮੈ ਕਰੈ ਨਿਹਕਰਮੀ ਨ ਹੋਵੈ ॥</p><p>हउमै करै निहकरमी न होवै ॥</p><p>Ha▫umai karai nihkarmī na hovai.</p><p>Those who act in ego do not go beyond karma.</p><p>Guru Amar Das </p><p></p><p>I hope that answers your question? peacesignkaur</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Embers, post: 169204, member: 9385"] [b]Re: Life is easier without karma - a dicussion.[/b] Dear Randip Singh Ji Thanks for picking up on that. The answer is NO. I do not believe in Varna or caste. So why do I hold Karma as true? It is true as long as there is ego. Ego is not evil, but ego leads to harm. Ego is the creation of Akaal Purat, and hence to see it as evil would be to judge God's creation as evil or good. It is not my wish to judge God's creation (or God). So whilst there is ego and a sense of doership there will be karma. But karma is cause and effect. If I drink cola I will get fat (my body is prone to weight gain). So I have a karmic choice: drink cola or not drink cola. Whilst I hold there is an ego there will be result and I will feel that result e.g. fatness and with it suffering is likely. Suffering on the tread mill and suffering in my mind. So karma is relatively true, it lasts as long as the ego. If I dissolve the ego in His naam then there is no karma, there is only change. There are only things happening to the body-mind-intellect. There is no doer at the highest level, no accumulator of karma and hence no karma. None the less, Karma is used by the Guru's in the Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji (in English at least), so I see a dilemma for Sikhism: Page 2, Line 5 ਕਰਮੀ ਆਵੈ ਕਪੜਾ ਨਦਰੀ ਮੋਖੁ ਦੁਆਰੁ ॥ करमी आवै कपड़ा नदरी मोखु दुआरु ॥ Karmī āvai kapṛā naḏrī mokẖ ḏu▫ār. By the karma of past actions, the robe of this physical body is obtained. By His Grace, the Gate of Liberation is found. Guru Nanak Dev Page 8, Line 3 ਕਰਮ ਖੰਡ ਕੀ ਬਾਣੀ ਜੋਰੁ ॥ करम खंड की बाणी जोरु ॥ Karam kẖand kī baṇī jor. In the realm of karma, the Word is Power. Guru Nanak Dev Page 128, Line 16 ਹਉਮੈ ਕਰੈ ਨਿਹਕਰਮੀ ਨ ਹੋਵੈ ॥ हउमै करै निहकरमी न होवै ॥ Ha▫umai karai nihkarmī na hovai. Those who act in ego do not go beyond karma. Guru Amar Das I hope that answers your question? peacesignkaur [/QUOTE]
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