Karma Shaucham: Purity of motion

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 character.

On this article we will talk about Karma Shaucham.

Karma Shaucham

Karma = motion

Shaucham = purity

We’re outlined by our actions. Each motion can have some finish outcome. Good actions or actions finished with pure intentions will yield useful outcomes which can maintain us completely satisfied and can contribute in the direction of psychological and emotional well being. They may even maintain our bodily and psychological doshas in a state of steadiness.

Alternatively, our actions finished with impure and fallacious intentions will yield non-beneficial outcomes and might be dangerous to us and everybody round us. They may make us sad and push us into the zone of worries and stress. It will have an effect on the psychological and emotional well being in a adverse manner.

So, it is very important maintain the intention of our actions pure. We should always plan our karmas correctly. We should always clearly know and concentrate on all our actions and may insert pure and good intentions in them. For this to occur we must always know the outcomes of each motion of ours, proper earlier than we plan to do them. Many instances we achieve this with expertise. We should always at all times keep away from such actions whose outcomes is likely to be dangerous and have a nasty impression 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 saved away.

All our actions ought to be pure, with pure intentions. All our actions are centered in the direction of reaching and incomes one thing, not essentially cash, wealth and fame, but additionally a great circle of mates, good title, good repute, good respect, love and affection.

Karmas and Purusharthas

Our Karmas additionally ought to be centered in the direction of incomes Purusharthas. Purusharthas are objectives of our life and are 4 in quantity. They’re – Dharma – righteous way of life, Artha – righteous and moral manner of incomes wealth, Kama – righteous manner of creating needs and desires and methods of getting them and Mokha – salvation. If we’re conscious and centered in the direction of these purusharthas, all our karmas – actions might be in a righteous manner since we are going to plan all our actions accordingly. That is attainable 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 by means of speech / verbal actions and

–        Manasika karmas – psychological actions

All these actions ought to be deliberate and finished with good intentions. Not one of the actions belonging to both class ought to be dangerous or troublesome for us and for others too. They need to be such that our subsequent technology ought to be impressed to comply with them, understanding that they may have useful 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 fine actions and would take pleasure in our life to the fullest.

Impression of our Karmas

Every of our actions ought to be syncing with Dharma – the righteous manner of doing. It ought to assist us to realize the goal for which the motion or exercise is meant whereas not hurting or disturbing the others.

Actually if our actions are useful for others, it provides to our goodness. Most frequently we really feel a lot relaxed and completely satisfied once we are finished with an motion, deed or exercise by which the opposite particular person or individuals have been benefitted or completely satisfied.

On the similar time, any karma finished with unhealthy intentions be it bodily, verbal or psychological, we are going to really feel unhealthy, our consciousness will maintain bothering us, we are going to by no means be relaxed and comfy and we are going to really feel responsible.

Lots of our actions with unhealthy intentions will maintain haunting and disturbing us for all times.

Rules of Achara Rasayana and Sadvrutta – important for Karma Shaucham

Beneath talked about actions talked about among the many Achara Rasayana practices would positively contribute in the direction of the Karma Shuchi –

–        charity,

–        meditation,

–        displaying love and affection in the direction of all of the creatures and the whole lot within the creation,

–        sleeping and awakening in keeping with a plan,

–        understanding and appearing 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 the whole lot,

–        worshiping Gods, Brahmanas, lecturers, preceptors and elders

We must also comply with and apply the deeds talked about within the context of Sadvrutta.

Examples of Asucha Karmas – fallacious, erratic and unhealthy actions

Beneath talked about are the examples of bodily, psychological and verbal actions which we must always not get indulged into, all through our life –

–        Bodily actions – hurting others bodily like beating, bodily abuse, stealing / theft, and so forth.

–        Psychological actions – getting offended, envious, hating others, being grasping, vengeance and so forth.

–        Verbal actions – abusing, yelling, quarreling, battle, arguing and so forth.

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 nicely knowledgeable and conscious of what we do, what we must always and what we must always not.  We should always concentrate on the results of actions and prepare ourselves to plan and execute our actions in the suitable manner, with proper intention. We ought 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 character. There may be one more unseen power, 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 could obtain a few of these outcomes on this life and carry a lot of them to the life past. Karma follows us in every single place, right here, there and past, in each world, identified and unknown.

So, select your karma correctly, watch your karma rigorously each second and execute your karma sensibly. That is the key of happiness, bliss and well being.