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KARMA - THE MECHANISM
SUTRAS
SUTRA 17 त्रयस्त्रिंशत्सागरोपमाण्यायुषः ॥ १७ ॥ Trayastrinshatsagaropamanyayusah (17) Karma that determines the duration and place of our future embodiment(s) (ayu) can remain bound to us for a maximum of 3300 years (33 sagaropamas). (17)
The next three sutras define the shortest possible time karma will remain bound to our interactive karmic field.
SUTRA 18 31981 GIGhea agauta il 96 10 Aparadvadashamuhurta vedaniyasya (18) Karma that determines our feeling of life (vedaniya) will remain bound to us for a minimum of 9 hours and 36 minutes (12 muhurtas). (18)
One muhurta lasts about 48 minutes. 12 muhurtas are 12x48 minutes or 9 hours 36 minutes.
Karma that determines our feeling of life (vedaniya) can dissolve earliest 9 hours and 36 minutes after we bound it.
As academic as this may sound, as vital and practical it is for our daily life. One example: We experience a strong negative emotion whose origin we attribute (arbitrarily) to a person in our close environment. Instead of reacting immediately and impulsively on the
of our negative emotional sensation - and thereby possibly hurting someone innocent, - we would be well advised to wait a minimum of ten hours (to sleep over it) before we act. This would
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