12-04-2011, 07:55 PM
(12-04-2011, 07:35 PM)Tenet Nosce Wrote: One is karma. That is the one most of us know about where karma is kind of like a charge upon one's experience. It is just the natural balancing mechanism of the universe. When we learn to act with balance in all things, then we have liberated ourselves from the "wheel of karma" and no longer require incarnation.
The other is called karman. With an "n". The doctrine of karman says that there is actually some kind of "defiling substance" or "uncleanliness" that becomes physically attached to the body when committing certain acts (including eating "unclean" foods). This karman is supposedly what is keeping us "imprisoned" here in our bodies.
What would you say about these?
I think the definition of karma is a very narrow view. But then, "karma" is like, "God," or "Love": these words carry very charged and human meanings. I'm not sure about any of it, although cause and effect is undeniable. I do speculate one might get off the wheel of karma--assuming there is one--by a single act of forgiving oneself.
As to "karman": Sounds like dogmatic beliefs. I do think that perhaps one might refine the body (opposite direction of negative defiling) more and more in an effort to make it lighter, closer to "light."