Today in class we discussed the different types of Karma Kanda. Karma Kanda basically means duties everyone has, and it applies differently to everyone.
There are 6 types of Karma Kanda:
Nissidha Karma - Things you shouldn’t do
Kamya Karma - Driven by desire. There are good desires and bad desires. Good desires have long-term positive effects, while bad desires only satisfy short-term (positive or negative) wants.
Niyata Karma - Follow rules
Sanchita Karma - The balance of positive and negative values between lives.
Prarabdha Karma - The destiny/result of Sanchita Karma. Also, it ends vasana (tendency). When vasana is burnt out (becomes 0), it stops the life-death cycle, when full service to god is performed.
Agami Karma - Things you do to achieve the end to the life-death cycle.
We also briefly discussed the 16 Samskaras. They are:
- Upanayana
- SamÄvarthana
- Vivaha
- Garbhadana
- Pumasavana
- Simantonnayana
- Jata Karma
- Nama Karma
- Niskramana
- Annaprasna
- Cudakarma
- Karnaveda
- Vidyarambha
- Vanaprastha
- Sanyasa
- Antyesti
There are also 8 inner qualities, we only touched base on one of them: Kindness. We heard a story about a poor little boy who got some milk from an old lady. Later on in life, when the lady was critically ill, she needed an operation. Afterwards, the bill was really high, and she didn’t know how she was going to pay it back. It turns out, the surgeon who worked on her was the same boy she gave the milk to a long time ago. He grew up to be an educated surgeon, and he recognized the woman, and waived the bill. This story showed us that kindness pays back later on.
We concluded class today by performing the aarthi and pledge in the auditorium.
- Sashank Srinivasan
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