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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