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Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2025 5:31 pm
• Buddhi (“consciousness”),
• Ahamkara (“ego”),
• Manas (“mind as the center of sensory perception”).
In the cycle of samsara, living beings, evolving or devolving, pass through various forms of life — from microbes, insects, plants, and even minerals — to the highest position of the deva, the creator of the universe, Brahma. You see, everyone still strives to become God. The position in which a living being finds itself in this hierarchy of life depends on the qualities acquired in past incarnations and is the fruit of karma, which the individual is forced to reap.” But I would also tell you, I would add this — of course, it’s very hard to realize, but now don’t perceive this, let’s say, other incarnation as a physical reincarnation, as if in another life, like sometime a hundred years from now. Perceive it differently — that you have your life, and the way you lived, say, for four years or ten years, that was like one of the worlds, one of your lives, just as an example, one of your lives. And how well or poorly you behaved during that time determines how your next cycle will begin — your own, with your same name, with your same surname. And so, whether your next cycle begins in a more prosperous and favorable way or not depends on how you behaved before. Therefore, it’s very useful — if we now refer to Buddhism, Hinduism, and the word “karma” — then, accordingly, it is very useful for us to realize and understand that karma, as people now jokingly say in society, should indeed be cleansed, and consequently, one can earn good karma by living in the present. That is, life should not be left to chance, and we must understand that our cycles change, and the next cycle will be given to you depending on how you behaved before. Keep that in mind.
• Ahamkara (“ego”),
• Manas (“mind as the center of sensory perception”).
In the cycle of samsara, living beings, evolving or devolving, pass through various forms of life — from microbes, insects, plants, and even minerals — to the highest position of the deva, the creator of the universe, Brahma. You see, everyone still strives to become God. The position in which a living being finds itself in this hierarchy of life depends on the qualities acquired in past incarnations and is the fruit of karma, which the individual is forced to reap.” But I would also tell you, I would add this — of course, it’s very hard to realize, but now don’t perceive this, let’s say, other incarnation as a physical reincarnation, as if in another life, like sometime a hundred years from now. Perceive it differently — that you have your life, and the way you lived, say, for four years or ten years, that was like one of the worlds, one of your lives, just as an example, one of your lives. And how well or poorly you behaved during that time determines how your next cycle will begin — your own, with your same name, with your same surname. And so, whether your next cycle begins in a more prosperous and favorable way or not depends on how you behaved before. Therefore, it’s very useful — if we now refer to Buddhism, Hinduism, and the word “karma” — then, accordingly, it is very useful for us to realize and understand that karma, as people now jokingly say in society, should indeed be cleansed, and consequently, one can earn good karma by living in the present. That is, life should not be left to chance, and we must understand that our cycles change, and the next cycle will be given to you depending on how you behaved before. Keep that in mind.