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 conduct.

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 persona.

On this article we will talk about Karma Shaucham.

Karma Shaucham

Karma = motion

Shaucham = purity

We’re outlined by our actions. Each motion may have some finish end result. Good actions or actions executed with pure intentions will yield useful outcomes which can maintain us joyful and can contribute in direction of psychological and emotional well being. They will even maintain our bodily and psychological doshas in a state of stability.

However, our actions executed with impure and flawed intentions will yield non-beneficial outcomes and shall be dangerous to us and everybody round us. They are going to 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 unfavorable method.

So, you will need to 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 will insert pure and good intentions in them. For this to occur we should always know the outcomes of each motion of ours, proper earlier than we plan to do them. Many instances we acquire this with expertise. We should always all the time keep away from such actions whose outcomes may be dangerous and have a foul impression on our thoughts, senses, soul and consciousness. Any motion which provides us stress, worries and guilt, be it momentary or long-standing, are unwholesome and shall be saved away.

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

Karmas and Purusharthas

Our Karmas additionally ought to be targeted in 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 method of incomes wealth, Kama – righteous method of creating wishes and desires and methods of getting them and Mokha – salvation. If we’re conscious and targeted in direction of these purusharthas, all our karmas – actions shall be in a righteous method since we’ll plan all our actions accordingly. That is attainable after we are spiritually educated in direction of these items and made conscious in regards to the finish outcomes of our actions.

Three sorts of Karma

There are three sorts of karmas. They embrace –

–        Kayika karmas – bodily actions,

–        Vachika karmas – actions via speech / verbal actions and

–        Manasika karmas – psychological actions

All these actions ought to be deliberate and executed 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, realizing that they may have useful and healthful outcomes and are good for psychological, emotional and non secular well being. Such actions with noble intentions will present us with respect and good standing in our household, society and good circles. We might have led a significant life full of excellent actions and would get pleasure from our life to the fullest.

Affect of our Karmas

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

In actual fact if our actions are useful for others, it provides to our goodness. Most frequently we really feel a lot relaxed and joyful after we are executed with an motion, deed or exercise by which the opposite individual or individuals had been benefitted or joyful.

On the identical time, any karma executed with unhealthy intentions be it bodily, verbal or psychological, we’ll really feel unhealthy, our consciousness will maintain bothering us, we’ll by no means be relaxed and cozy and we’ll really feel responsible.

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

Ideas of Achara Rasayana and Sadvrutta – very important for Karma Shaucham

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

–        charity,

–        meditation,

–        exhibiting love and affection in direction of all of the creatures and every thing within the creation,

–        sleeping and awakening in accordance with a plan,

–        realizing 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 every thing,

–        worshiping Gods, Brahmanas, academics, preceptors and elders

We also needs to comply with and observe the deeds talked about within the context of Sadvrutta.

Examples of Asucha Karmas – flawed, erratic and unhealthy actions

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

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

–        Psychological actions – getting indignant, envious, hating others, being grasping, vengeance and many others.

–        Verbal actions – abusing, yelling, quarreling, battle, arguing and many others.

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 find out about each motion and be effectively knowledgeable and conscious of what we do, what we should always and what we should always not.  We should always concentrate on the results of actions and prepare ourselves to plan and execute our actions in the precise method, with proper intention. We ought to be watchers of our actions and also needs to know that everybody round us is watching our actions and giving us scores for a similar. These scores will give the abstract of our persona. 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 lots of them to the life past. Karma follows us in all places, right here, there and past, in each world, identified and unknown.

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