karma | कर्म

karma | कर्म

Karma (Devanagari: कर्म ISO15919: karma ) means strict performance of duties as prescribed in the Vedas and scriptures according to one's caste and stage in life.

Trikarma is another way of categorizing karma .

Humans have the free-will perform karma in any of these four categories .

  • karma - strict observance of all ritualistic actions specified by the Vedas and scriptures without devotion to God,
  • vikarma - non-observance of Vedic karma specified in the scriptures as well as absence of devotion to God,
  • akarma or karma yoga - devotion to God with the mind and physical performance of ritualistic duties specified by the scriptures,
  • karma samnyasa - devotion to God with the mind without physical involvement in duties prescribed by the scriptures.

Karma includes the rites and rituals performed according to the instructions of the Vedas , also known as karma dharma and varnashram dharma . There are four sub-categories of

  • nitya karma - routine actions,
  • naimittika karma - causal actions,
  • kamya karma - desire-bearing actions,
  • prayashchitta karma - repentance actions.

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REFERENCE

Prema Rasa Siddhanta - Philosophy of Divine Love, Ch, 8