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Believing in Karma makes you Weak

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I come from a Jain family. Amongst Jains and Christians, there is a very strong concept of sin. Amongst Jains, Buddhists and Hindus, there is a very strong concept of Karma. Essentially, I grew up in surroundings that had a very strong overtone of the concept of Karma and sin (negative karma) and merit (positive karma).

Then I came across my Guru (Guruji Rishi Prabhakar) who never talked about karma but only talked about samadhi and moksha. I once asked him: Guruji, why don’t you ever talk in terms of Paap and Punya which many spiritual masters talk? He replied in a light vein that that doesn’t mean he is ignorant about the concepts. My query didn’t get answered and my quest continued. Gradually life gave me my answers. Keep Reading

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Transcend action addiction

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As originally published in India’s premiere spiritual magazine ‘Life Positive’ (May 2016 Issue)

Are you a jack in the box, who jumps up to act at the drop of a hat? Compulsive action may not be the virtue it is considered to be.

In spirituality, we have a term, karma, and by extension we have another term – karma bandhana. Mostly, we interpret karma to mean a deed, a deed that is bound to the law of cause and effect. Bandhana means bondage. So karma bandhana implies being bound to the consequences of one’s deeds, negative as well as positive.

However, another meaning of karma is to act. In this context karma bandhana would imply bondage to action. Keep Reading

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The Seven Hindu Spiritual Laws of Success

Key Learning Points from

‘The Seven Hindu Spiritual Laws of Success’

by Swami Bodhananda

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Freedom is that ability to make use of your environment to explore your potential and to express that Infinite Potential while interacting with the world. This is the meaning of Moksha. Keep Reading

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