Article by Dr Raghuram Y.S. MD (Ay) & Dr Manasa S, B.A.M.S
Karma Shaucham means purity of motion. It additionally means honesty in conduct, motion and habits.
It’s one among the many Pancha Vidha Shaucham i.e. 5 sorts of purity, the others being purity of thoughts, purity of household or clan, purity of physique and purity of speech. All these purities would outline our persona.
On this article we will focus on Karma Shaucham.
Karma Shaucham
Karma = motion
Shaucham = purity
We’re outlined by our actions. Each motion can have some finish end result. Good actions or actions achieved with pure intentions will yield helpful outcomes which is able to hold us completely happy and can contribute in the direction of psychological and emotional well being. They may also hold our bodily and psychological doshas in a state of stability.
Then again, our actions achieved with impure and improper intentions will yield non-beneficial outcomes and can be dangerous to us and everybody round us. They are going to make us sad and push us into the zone of worries and stress. This may have an effect on the psychological and emotional well being in a destructive approach.
So, you will need to hold the intention of our actions pure. We must always plan our karmas correctly. We must always clearly know and concentrate on all our actions and may insert pure and good intentions in them. For this to occur we should always know the outcomes of each motion of ours, proper earlier than we plan to do them. Many instances we acquire this with expertise. We must always all the time keep away from such actions whose outcomes may be dangerous and have a foul affect on our thoughts, senses, soul and consciousness. Any motion which provides us stress, worries and guilt, be it short-term or long-standing, are unwholesome and shall be stored away.
All our actions needs to be pure, with pure intentions. All our actions are targeted in the direction of attaining and incomes one thing, not essentially cash, wealth and fame, but additionally an excellent circle of pals, good title, good popularity, good respect, love and affection.
Karmas and Purusharthas
Our Karmas additionally needs to be targeted in the direction of incomes Purusharthas. Purusharthas are targets of our life and are 4 in quantity. They’re – Dharma – righteous way of life, Artha – righteous and moral approach of incomes wealth, Kama – righteous approach of creating needs and desires and methods of getting them and Mokha – salvation. If we’re conscious and targeted in the direction of these purusharthas, all our karmas – actions can be in a righteous approach since we’ll plan all our actions accordingly. That is doable once we are spiritually educated in the direction of this stuff and made conscious in regards to the finish outcomes of our actions.
Three sorts of Karma
There are three sorts of karmas. They embody –
– Kayika karmas – bodily actions,
– Vachika karmas – actions via speech / verbal actions and
– Manasika karmas – psychological actions
All these actions needs to be deliberate and achieved with good intentions. Not one of the actions belonging to both class needs to be dangerous or troublesome for us and for others too. They need to be such that our subsequent era needs to be impressed to observe them, figuring out that they’ll have helpful and healthful outcomes and are good for psychological, emotional and religious well being. Such actions with noble intentions will present us with respect and good standing in our household, society and good circles. We’d have led a significant life full of excellent actions and would take pleasure in our life to the fullest.
Affect of our Karmas
Every of our actions needs to be syncing with Dharma – the righteous approach of doing. It ought to assist us to attain the goal for which the motion or exercise is meant whereas not hurting or disturbing the others.
The truth is if our actions are helpful for others, it provides to our goodness. Most frequently we really feel a lot relaxed and completely happy once we are achieved with an motion, deed or exercise by which the opposite individual or individuals have been benefitted or completely happy.
On the identical time, any karma achieved with unhealthy intentions be it bodily, verbal or psychological, we’ll really feel unhealthy, our consciousness will hold bothering us, we’ll by no means be relaxed and comfy and we’ll really feel responsible.
A lot of our actions with unhealthy intentions will hold haunting and disturbing us for all times.
Rules of Achara Rasayana and Sadvrutta – important for Karma Shaucham
Under talked about actions talked about among the many Achara Rasayana practices would undoubtedly contribute in the direction of the Karma Shuchi –
– charity,
– meditation,
– exhibiting love and affection in the direction of all of the creatures and every little thing within the creation,
– sleeping and awakening based on a plan,
– figuring out and performing in accordance to the land and time,
– noble deeds,
– serving and being within the firm of aged people, skilled individuals, those that imagine in God,
– following righteousness in every little thing,
– worshiping Gods, Brahmanas, academics, preceptors and elders
We must also observe and observe the deeds talked about within the context of Sadvrutta.
Examples of Asucha Karmas – improper, erratic and unhealthy actions
Under talked about are the examples of bodily, psychological and verbal actions which we should always not get indulged into, all through our life –
– Bodily actions – hurting others bodily like beating, bodily abuse, stealing / theft, and so on.
– Psychological actions – getting offended, envious, hating others, being grasping, vengeance and so on.
– Verbal actions – abusing, yelling, quarreling, battle, arguing and so on.
To conclude
Karma Shaucha is essential for all of us at each step and stage of life. To maintain our actions clear and pure, we have to learn about each motion and be effectively knowledgeable and conscious of what we do, what we should always and what we should always not. We must always concentrate on the consequences of actions and practice ourselves to plan and execute our actions in the precise approach, with proper intention. We needs to be watchers of our actions and must also know that everybody round us is watching our actions and giving us scores for a similar. These scores will give the abstract of our persona. There’s yet one more unseen drive, the creation, the divinity, the common soul and our private soul which is watching our actions and the rewards or punishments are being drafted for a similar. We might obtain a few of these outcomes on this life and carry a lot of them to the life past. Karma follows us in all places, right here, there and past, in each world, recognized and unknown.
So, select your karma properly, watch your karma fastidiously each second and execute your karma sensibly. That is the key of happiness, bliss and well being.
