karma

Karma has several meanings. 1. Karma: Fruits of actions good and bad brought forward from the previous births. This definition is for those who believe in rebirths. This type of carry forward karma is of three types: samchita (accumulated through series of births). Praarabdha (just from last birth). Aagaami (this birth's actions and their consequences). Hindu philosophy strictly dictates that nobody including the supreme God cannot change the consequences. One must invariably enjoy/suffer. Last year, the Head of the Kanchi monastery was arrested and for some time he had to stay behind bars awaiting bail. He was taking the help of top attorneys who charge millions for getting him out of the cases and was enamoured discussing legal implications. If some ordinary persons were arrested, he would have given a speech that "sanchita karma" of past births should invariably be suffered and that there was no choice. He would also have added that only after exhausting all the karma, a person would be entitled to deliverance from the cycle of births and rebirths. But the religious Head himself will not like to exhaust his karma. Other karmas will be explained, if readers show interest.