HOW TO BECOME FREE FROM KARMA

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                       THE PRACTICAL TECHNIQUE FOR 

                                      BECOMING FREE 

                                           FROM KARMA

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                        ACTIVITIES OF SENSE GRATIFICATION, MEANT ONLY TO PLEASE ONE'S MIND ANS SENSES, ARE THE CAUSE OF MATERIAL BONDAGE, AND AS LONG AS ONE ENGAGES IN SUCH FRUITIVE ACTIVITIES, THE SOUL IS SURE TO CONTINUALLY TRANSMIGRATE FROM SPECIES TO SPECIES.

                   LORD RSABHADEVA, AN INCARNATION OF KRSNA, WARNED, "PEOPLE ARE MAD AFTER SENSE GRATIFICATION, WHEN A PERSON CONSIDERS SENSE GRATIFICATION THE AIM OF LIFE, HE CERTAINLY BECOMES MAD AFTER MATERIALISTIC LIVING AND ENGAGES IN ALL KINDS OF SINFUL ACTIVITY. HE DOES NOT KNOW THAT DUE TO HIS PAST MISDEEDS HE HAS ALREADY RECEIVED A BODY, WHICH ALTHOUGH TEMPORARY, IS THE CAUSE OF HIS MISERY.  ACTUALLY, THE LIVING ENTITY SHOULD NOT HAVE TAKEN ON A MATERIAL BODY, BUT HE HAS BEEN AWARDED THE MATERIAL BODY FOR SENSE GRATIFICATION. THEREFORE, I THINK IT NOT BEFITTING AN INTELLIGENT MAN TO INVOLVE HIMSELF AGAIN IN THE ACTIVITIES OF SENSE GRATIFICATION, BY WHICH HE PERPETUALLY GETS MATERIAL BODIES ONE AFTER ANOTHER. AS LONG AS ONE DOES NOT INQUIRE ABOUT THE SPIRITUAL VALUES OF LIFE, ONE IS DEFEATED AND SUBJECTED TO MISERIES ARISING FROM IGNORANCE. BE IT SINFUL OR PIOUS, KARMA HAS ITS RESULTANT ACTIONS. 

                              IF A PERSON IS ENGAGED IN ANY KIND OF KARMA, HIS MIND IS CALLED KARMATMAKA,OR COLORED WITH FRUITIVE ACTIVITY". AS LONG AS THE MIND IS IMPURE, CONSCIOUSNESS IS UNCLEAR, AND AS LONG AS ONE IS ABSORBED IN FRUITIVE ACTIVITY, HE HAS TO ACCEPT A MATERIAL BODY. WHEN THE LIVING ENTITY IS COVERED BY THE MODE OF IGNORANCE, HE DOES NOT UNDERSTAND THE INDIVIDUAL LIVING BEING AND THE SUPREME LIVING BEING, AND HIS MIND IS SUBJUGATED TO FRUITIVE ACTIVITY. THEREFORE, UNTIL ONE HAS LOVE FOR GOD, HE IS CERTAINLY NOT DELIVERED FROM HAVING TO ACCEPT A MATERIAL BODY AGAIN AND AGAIN".

                     BUT BECOMING FREE FROM THE CYCLE OF BIRTH AND DEATH REQUIRES MORE THAN JUST THEORETICAL UNDERSTANDING. JNANA, OR KNOWLEDGE THAT ONE IS NOT THE MATERIAL BODY BUT A SPIRIT SOUL, IS NOT SUFFICIENT SOUL. THIS IS CALLED DEVOTIONAL SERVICE, WHICH INCLUDES MANY PRACTICAL TECHNIQUE FOR BECOMING FREE FROM KARMA AND REINCARNATION.

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                     👇       POINT NO.1👀

               THE FIRST PRINCIPLE OF DEVOTIONAL SERVICE IS THAT ONE SHOULD ALWAYS CHANT THE HARE KRISHNA MANTRA, HARE KRISHNA, HARE KRISHNA, HARE KRISHNA, HARE KRISHNA , HARE RAMA, RAMA, RAMA, HARE HARE.

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                      👇     POINT NO.2 👀

                     ONE SHOULD ALSO REGULARLY STUDY THE VEDIC LITERATURES, ESPECIALLY BHAGAVAD-GITA AND SRIMAD-BHAGAVATAM, IN ORDER TO DEVELOP A THOROUGH UNDERSTANDING OF THE NATURE OF THE SELF, THE LAWS OF KARMA, THE PROCESS OF REINCARNATION, AND THE MEANS FOR BECOMING SELF-REALIZED.

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                           👇   POINT NO.3 👀

                     ONE SHOULD EAT ONLY SPIRITUALIZED VEGETARIAN FOODS. IN BHAGAVAD-GITA, LORD KRISHNA SAYS THAT ONE SHOULD EAT ONLY FOOD THAT IS OFFERED TO HIM IN SACRIFICE, OTHERWISE, ONE WILL BECOME IMPLICATED IN THE REACTIONS OF KARMA.

                     IF ONE OFFERS ME WITH LOVE AND DEVOTION A LEAF, A FLOWER, FRUIT, OR WATER, I WILL ACCEPT IT".  IT IS CLEAR FROM THIS VERSE THAT THE LORD IS NOT INTERESTED IN OFFERINGS OF LIQUOR, MEAT, FISH OR EGGS, BUT SIMPLE VEGETARIAN FOODS PREPARED WITH LOVE AND DEVOTION.

                      WE SHOULD REFLECT ON THE FACT THAT FOOD CANNOT BE PRODUCED BY MEN WORKING IN FACTORIES. MEN CANNOT EAT GASOLINE, PLASTIC, MICROCHIPS, OR STEEL. FOOD IS PRODUCED BY THE LORD'S OWN NATURAL ARRANGEMENTS, AND OFFERING FOOD TO KRISHNA IS A FORM OF RECOGNIZING OUR DEBT TO GOD. HOW DOES NOT OFFER FOOD TO KRISHNA? THE TECHNIQUE IS VERY SIMPLE AND EASY TO PERFORM. ANYONE MAY KEEP A SMALL ALTAR IN ONE'S HOME OR APARTMENT, WITH A PICTURE OF LORD KRISHNA AND THE SPIRITUAL MASTER ON IT. THE SIMPLEST FORM OF OFFERING IS TO PLACE THE FOOD BEFORE THE PICTURES AND SAY, "MY DEAR LORD KRISHNA, PLEASE ACCEPT THIS HUMBLE OFFERING", AND CHANT HARE KRISHNA. THE KEY TO THIS SIMPLE PROCESS IS DEVOTION. GOD IS NOT HUNGRY FOR FOOD, BUT FOR OUR LOVE, AND EATING THIS PURIFIED FOOD THAT HAS BEEN ACCEPTED BY KRISHNA FREES ONE FROM KARMA AND INOCULATES HIM AGAINST MATERIAL CONTAMINATION.

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                  👇    POINT NO.4 👀

                          THE POSITIVE PRINCIPLE OF OFFERING VEGETARIAN FOOD TO KRISHNA AUTOMATICALLY INCLUDES THE NEGATIVE PRINCIPLE OF AVOIDING MEAT, FISH, AND EGGS. EATING MEAT MEANS PARTICIPATING IN THE BUSINESS OF UNNECESSARILY KILLING OTHER LIVING BEINGS. THIS LEADS TO BAD KARMIC REACTIONS IN THIS LIFE OR THE NEXT. THE LAWS OF KARMA STATE THAT IF ONE KILLS AN ANIMAL TO EAT IT, THEN IN HIS NEXT LIFE THE KILLER WILL ALSO BE KILLED AND EATEN. THERE IS ALSO KARMA INVOLVED IN TAKING THE LIVES OF PLANTS, BUT THIS IS NEGATED BY THE PROCESS OF OFFERING THE FOOD TO KRISHNA, BECAUSE HE SAYS HE WILL ACCEPT SUCH VEGETARIAN OFFERINGS. ONE SHOULD ALSO GIVE UP INTOXICANTS, INCLUDING COFFEE, TEA, ALCOHOL, AND TOBACCO. INDULGING IN INTOXICATION MEANS ASSOCIATING WITH THE MODE OF IGNORANCE AND MAY RESULT IN ONE'S TAKING A LOWER BIRTH IN THE NEXT LIFE.

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                   👇  POINT NO.5 👀

                 OTHER TECHNIQUE FOR BECOMING FREE FROM THE CYCLE OF REINCARNATION INCLUDE OFFERING THE FRUIT OF ONE'S WORK TO GOD. EVERYONE MUST WORK FOR SIMPLE BODILY SUSTENANCE. BUT IF WORK IS PERFORMED ONLY FOR ONE'S OWN SATISFACTION, ONE MUST ACCEPT THE KARMIC RESULTS AND RECEIVE GOOD AND BAD REACTIONS IN FUTURE LIVES. THE BHAGAVAD-GITA WARNS THAT WORK MUST BE PERFORMED FOR THE SATISFACTION OF THE LORD. THIS WORK, KNOWN AS DEVOTIONAL SERVICE, IS KARMA FREE. WORKING IN KRISHNA CONSCIOUSNESS MEANS SACRIFICE. THE HUMAN BEING MUST SACRIFICE HIS TIME OR MONEY FOR THE SATISFACTION OF THE SUPREME. WORK DONE AS A SACRIFICE FOR VISHNU HAS TO BE PERFORMED. OTHERWISE WORK CAUSES BONDAGE IN THIS MATERIAL WORLD". WORK PERFORMED AS DEVOTIONAL SERVICE NOT ONLY SAVES ONE FROM KARMIC REACTION, BUT GRADUALLY ELEVATES ONE TO TRANSCENDENTAL LOVING SERVICE OF THE LORD- THE KEY TO ENTERING THE KINGDOM OF GOD.

                        IT IS NOT NECESSARY TO CHANGE ONE'S OCCUPATION. ONE MAY BE A WRITER AND WRITE FOR KRISHNA, AN ARTIST AND PAINT FOR KRISHNA, A COOK AND COOK FOR KRISHNA. OR, IF ONE IS NOT ABLE TO DIRECTLY ENGAGE ONE'S TALENTS AND ABILITIES IN SERVING KRISHNA, ONE MAY SACRIFICE THE FRUITS OF ONE'S WORK BY CONTRIBUTING A PORTION OF ONE'S EARNINGS TO HELP PROPAGATE KRISHNA CONSCIOUSNESS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. ONE SHOULD, HOWEVER, ALWAYS EARN ONE'S LIVING BY HONEST MEANS. FOR EXAMPLE, ONE SHOULD NOT WORK AS A BUTCHER OR GAMBLER.