Theory of Karman in Indian Thought

Author(s): Koshelya Walli
Publisher: Bharat Manisha

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KARMASĀMYA Karmasāmya or equilibriation of Karma is a very important act recognized in Siddhāntāgama. This means that Divine Energy of Grace cannot be infused into the soul until a space for it as it were, was made and unless the two opposite forces of Dharma and Adharma are kept in a state of balance. The implication of doctrine is that when opposite Karmas neutralize each other for a brief movement, Bhoga disappears and the ego also which is responsible for all human activities. This is the neutral movement in the life of a man. The Divine Power 'takes advantage of this neutrality effecting the human being either by accident or by chance and enters into it with its guiding power .and begins to function from the moment.
::: MALAPĀKA
In the view of the Siddhantagama as well as of other Šaivan gamas, the attitude of the seeker after trurh towards Karma is more or less the same. Karma functions within a limited region of the manifested universe i.e. the region which is dominated by impure Māyā. It may be remembered that in the higher regions of Mahāmāyā or Suddhamāyā, Karma does not exist either in its origin or in iis enjoyment after maturity but the mundane world still continues though in a higher sense. Before we can understand this position properly, we should remember the basic attitude of the system and the place of the Karma in the life of the human soul. It may be said by way of explanation that though Karma is at the root of the lower world and is responsible 'for its activities and experiences, it does not exist in the higher world where the soul abides after its release f.om Praksti and Māyā. The human soul after its descent from the Supreme Divine level passes through three stages in the course of its appearance on the lowest plane of nature. In its first downward state, the soul is only a spiritual monad, atornic in character and devoid of all its Divine Attributes which are natural to it, which arc no longer present with it in a function of state. This