Thursday, August 14, 2014

Sri Ramana Maharshi on 'Liberation-in-Life'

As long as a man is the doer, he also reaps the fruit of his deeds, but, as soon as he realizes the Self through inquiry as to who is the doer his sense of being the doer falls away and the triple karma(*) is ended. This is the state of eternal Liberation.

~ Sri Ramana Maharshi

...from "Ulladu Narpadu" ("40 Verses of Reality")

(*)
1. sanchita karma (accumulated karma of former births that still remains to be experienced)
2. prarabdha karma (that part of destiny due to past action (karma) which bears fruit in the present birth)
3. agami karma (actions good and bad, expected to bear fruit in future births)

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