Theory of Karman in Indian Thought

SR No.: 011109
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Koshelya Walli
Publisher: Bharat Manisha
Publication Year: 1977
Total Pages: 377
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 17 MB

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Jñana because when desire for fruits is gone, mukti is meritable. Vasistha also says that all the Nitya and Naimittika karmas enjoined by the scriptures should be done with Jñana.
Jñana according to
Vasistha
is knowledge acquired
through Yoga.
SESA KARMA ( शेष कर्म )
All scholars are inclined to think that the doctrine of heaven and hell in connection with the postmortem life of the soul is very old. This doctrine existed in India as it existed in other religious systems of the world; though with slight modifications here and there. But some scholars are of opinion that the doctrine of transmigration of the soul from one body to another did not exist in early days in India but was an afterthought. This transmigration constitutes the special feature of Indian religions. In regard to these views, one ventures to believe that it is not consistently true. From the earliest times in India the idea of rebirth has universally prevailed. The idea of experience of joy and suffering in heaven and hell is very old indeed and in this regard all the religious systems of the world are of one accord, but the idea of transmigration in India is co-eternal with the conception of heaven and hell. The Vedic conception of Seşakarma can be pointed out..
The idea of Seşakarma is very old in India as it appears in Vedic Sutras. It is true that a man is promoted to heaven or thrown down into hell according to the intensity of his good and evil Karmas but Indian philosophy is never in favour of infinite. life of joy and heaven or of suffering in hell as a result of finite
1. ज्ञानं योगात्मकं विद्धि, योगस्तु आत्मनि तिष्ठति ॥ - 2. The above description of the views of the Vasistha Samhita are based upon the Yogakanda of this work on which a critical study was made by Pt. R.G. Kokgeshastri and translated by Dr. C. K. Pai. The VasisthaSamhita was printed on behalf of the Kaivalyaśrami authorities, Lonavla. The in roduction of Kokgzeshashastri was published in Yogamīmāms, October, 1967.