The Way of Karma

The System of ‘advaita’ never believes in polemics, rather it believes in the methods of practising or enjoying ‘ananda’ in the regular context of human existence. ‘Ananda’ should never be considered an honour to be rewarded posthumously for the ‘karma’ practised on earth. It specifically aims at the enjoyment of ‘ananda’ through ‘karma’. ‘Karma’ is a technical term which means action in general sense; action always takes place in space and time. Space and time have been regulated by their own rules and regulations. There is an antecedent, consequent temporal manifestation and nearness and distance in space. The antecedent-consequent relations are technically termed as cause-effect relations. Cause is the antecedent and effect is the precedent. So, anything which occurs in space and time must be able to explain by means of casual nexus. The nature and function of the cause and effect may be complex and complicated. We need not be able to experience it always by naked eyes. That does not mean that the space-temporal occurrences are free from cause-effect relations. Take for ex. suppose you hit a table with your fist. The immediate result is the sound that is heard. But the force you applied on the table is definitely capable to effect changes on the molecular structure of the wooden surface of the table as well as the connected parts of the table. The force that was applied on the table must have impacts, however minute and subtle it may be, on the ground on which the table rests. That in turn is capable to pay effect to the solar and stellar systems and to the last point of the universe, if such a point exists. So, ‘karma’ in this sense is only the expression of cause-effect relations, manifested in the universe in various forms. Each entity, manifestation, incidents etc. are only the units of ‘karma’. The stellar system is only a macro unit of ‘karma’ operated and regulated by its’ own rules and regulations. The human beings or even a piece of dust, it only means that the sub-microscopic particles in such an entity can be located by scientists and are being regulated by the ‘karmic’ laws - the laws regarding cause and effect.