[Advaita-l] Is Human Endeavour far stronger than Sanchit Karma (Collected Ones) or Prarabdha

[aham brahmaasmi]

*Abhishek ji ,  Namaste . *
*Please find my replies in italics. *

Sincere Question:
1. It is said that there is no excuse for mistakes we make. We have to pay
the price for each and every act we perform here ; that may be good or
evil. We are just all the manifestations of all karma done by.



2. " Or can we say that Human Endeavour is far stronger than Sanchit Karma
(Collected Ones) or Prarabdh? "

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"Through Human endeavor we can lessen our past
collected karma or may eradicate (root out) these past deeds from scratch
and get liberated."

Which out of two is more powerful and stronger ...   The Luck (Prarabdh) or
the Human endeavor?
As my understanding says that human endeavor is far stronger than all luck
or past karmas.

1- * Life is always a tug-of-war between human endeavour (prayatna)  v/s
prarabdha. Prarabdha is like the unseen opponent in a boxing match, so it
always has an advantage over us i.e over prayatna. However, Shastra
strongly advises us to always do prayatna to the best extent possible. If
prarabdha is in alignment, we get success in that endeavour, else failure.
Here, we are advised to take any results of our prayatna as Ishwar
prasada.       *

*Prarabdha is a small portion of sanchit, that has ripened for manifesting
in this janma.*

*Note that this is all from a vyavaharik standpoint. ( Advaita has
paramarthik, vyavaharik and pratibhasik standpoints. )*


*2- Shastra advises that through prayatna we must aim for chitta-shuddhi
(read eligibility) to obtain brahma-vidya. This understanding of
brahmavidya i.e of our true nature, reveals that we never had any
paapa-punya at all from a paramarthik viewpoint. *

*Eradicating past deeds from scratch is not a doable task. Even if one
imagines that they were to succeed, he  will accumulate newer deeds (paap
or punya) in the process. Punya contributes as much to rebirth too. The
point is to rise above paapa and punya by realising our true nature of
'Brahman' , and that there is nothing else but Brahman. *

*साक्षी *

On Wed, 9 Oct 2024 at 10:56, abhishek prasad via Advaita-l <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> Namaste.
>
> Sincere Question:
> 1. It is said that there is no excuse for mistakes we make. We have to pay
> the price for each and every act we perform here ; that may be good or
> evil. We are just all the manifestations of all karma done by.
>
> 2. Or can we say that Human Endeavour is far stronger than Sanchit Karma
> (Collected Ones) or Prarabdh? Through Human endeavor we can lessen our past
> collected karma or may eradicate (root out) these past deeds from scratch
> and get liberated.
>
> Which out of two is more powerful and stronger ...   The Luck (Prarabdh) or
> the Human endeavor?
> As my understanding says that human endeavor is far stronger than all luck
> or past karmas.
>
> Please do enlighten me correctly on this...
>
> Regards.
> Abhishek
>
> --
> Thanks & Regards.
> *Abhishek Prasad*
> *8210256689*
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