Top 79 Karma Spiritual Quotes
#1. When what one does, reps, or 'spits', repetitively, is foul or beastly - one summons spiritual undertakers to dine on fleshly parasites. In various forms, nature's law purges all that becomes wasteful. Change your game, or the game will change you.
T.F. Hodge
#2. Is it atikraman [Hurtful karma] if we eat, cut our hair or brush our teeth? No, it is not like that. Anger-pride-deceit-greed is considered atikraman [Hurtful karma]. If you do pratikraman [Ask for forgiveness], they will all go away.
Dada Bhagwan
#4. If you burn yourself out in two years of intense selfless giving, what good is that if you could have given 20 years? Set yourself up well. Get the things you want - God exists in the material and in the spiritual.
Frederick Lenz
#5. Discharge [disposal of karma] is in nature's hands. That's why there is restlessness. That is why these are the pains of dependency [association]. There are such times man has to face that it becomes difficult for him to pass even one hour.
Dada Bhagwan
#6. We have all made mistakes in our many incarnations that have caused us to retrace our spiritual steps. Some have made more mistakes than others. But it's part of the experience to spiritually fall from time to time.
Martin Barbara Moraitis Dimitri
#7. Anger-pride-deceit-greed are in the form of 'discharge'. But if one does not have 'knowledge of True Self' (realization of the self), then he 'charges' new karmas within.
Dada Bhagwan
#8. The whole world has the illusory awareness of, 'I am the doer'. In reality, everyone's karmas are getting discharged, but one is not aware of this. One has no awareness of his own True Self.
Dada Bhagwan
#9. Things of the world are not in a 'seed' form; they are in a form of a 'fruit'. One has come with a ready farm; all he has to do is harvest the fruits now.
Dada Bhagwan
#10. God has said not to create any accounts (karmic). Create accounts (only) if you have the knowledge of the future. Hey! If you want to start an account, then why don't you account for the possibility that you may die tomorrow?
Dada Bhagwan
#11. Those vibrations that we created have indeed fall upon us. Only those acts that were done in the ignorant (Self unawareness) state, that has given us reactions.
Dada Bhagwan
#12. When they say that, 'God takes avatar (reincarnates)' is incorrect. He is known as an avatari when last two or three incarnations (before Moksha) remain. God does not have the ability at all to do karma! Man does not have that ability either. It is due to illusion that he feels 'I did it'!
Dada Bhagwan
#13. I don't have any spiritual anything.You shoot a guy with a gun, he dies. You step on a bug, the bug dies. There is no heaven for me and no hell. And certainly not any Karma.
Henry Rollins
#14. God doesn't need to be a witness. He doesn't need to go to a court, does he? 'You' are the one who has to attain a witness state, so that there's no karma bondage. And 'God' only keeps on 'seeing'!
Dada Bhagwan
#15. We see that love manifested normally in the soldier, in the parent, in the lover, and in the spiritual teacher.
Frederick Lenz
#16. In this world, it is not worth finding anyone's faults. One becomes bound (by karma) by finding faults.
Dada Bhagwan
#17. How far is the Soul from attaining moksha (ultimate liberation)? Only the obstructive (antray) karmas.
Dada Bhagwan
#18. Karma theory is a spiritual philosophy used to explain and maintain the economic status of Asia.
Stephen H. Wolinsky
#19. The core practice of magic is: The execution of a willed intent to create change in the material world, which either defies, hastens or purifies the consequences of natural cause and effect.
Zeena Schreck
#20. In a place of purity, if one does not follow the conduct of that place, there will be tremendous (karma) bondage. He will bind a life in hell!
Dada Bhagwan
#21. Charge' means coming together of all the circumstances and 'discharge' means the circumstances get over.
Dada Bhagwan
#22. God does remain in a state of witnessing (sakshibhav), but that is a worldly God. Worldly God means witnessing through 'egoism'. If one constantly remains in the witnessing state, then he would not bind karma.
Dada Bhagwan
#23. Our actions are like ships which we may watch set out to sea, and not know when or with what cargo they will return to port.
Iris Murdoch
#24. The one whose ego of doer-ship in the unfolding karma effect (oodai no garva) is gone; he is said to have attained the Self.
Dada Bhagwan
#25. Due to your merit karma, your efforts will bring you success and when the merit karma is expended, your efforts will bring in losses.
Dada Bhagwan
#26. I am Chandubhai' is an illusion itself and from that are karmas charged. When does 'charging' of new karmas stop? When one attains the exact awareness of 'who I am?'.
Dada Bhagwan
#27. The one, who does not have the 'poison' of insistence, will become free from all entanglements (karmic).
Dada Bhagwan
#28. Where one does not do planning, it is all pure 'discharge'. 'Charge' occurs where there is planning. Discharge is a natural characteristic. There is no pain in it.
Dada Bhagwan
#29. The religions of the world believe abandh (discharge part) as bandh (bondage; charging of new karma) and they have no idea about what causes bandh (bondage, charging of new karma).
Dada Bhagwan
#30. Merely by doing darshan of just one kashay free person, one's paap (sins; demerit karmas) get washed away! There can be no kashay-free person other than a Gnani.
Dada Bhagwan
#31. Many spiritual teachers have done this. They have disbanded their whole community because everyone got angry. The karma, at a certain point, has to go back to the person; it's intensified and hurts them spiritually.
Frederick Lenz
#32. If the fruit (of your effort) is to your expectations, it is the effect (prarabdha, result) of your merit karma [punya karma], if it is not to your expectation, then it is the effect of your demerit karma [paap karma].
Dada Bhagwan
#33. Importance is not in 'discharge' (of karmas) that occurs; but it is in the contemplation (dhyan) within at that time in effect that is important.
Dada Bhagwan
#34. To become a leader through one's merit karma is not a big deal. One should become a leader through his virtues [innate qualities].
Dada Bhagwan
#35. Not doing attachment-abhorrence (raag-dwesh) while experiencing the unfolding of karma is religion.
Dada Bhagwan
#36. Everything that is experienced through the five senses is all 'discharge'. It is due to one's merit karmas that everything works according to one's wishes, but he claims, 'I did it' and when one faces losses, he will say, 'God did it' or 'my horoscope is unfavorable'.
Dada Bhagwan
#37. Whatever one does without the right belief (samkit - Self-realization) will lead to karmic bondage. Even when he gives to charity or shows kindness; it is all karma bondage.
Dada Bhagwan
#38. If you become angry with someone today, it is a discharge kashaya (karma effect of anger-pride-deceit-greed). But in that [discharge karma] your intent is for it, which "charges" a [new] karmic seed.
Dada Bhagwan
#39. Living for the Self [the Soul] is merit karma (you bind merit karma) and living for the worldly life is nothing but demerit karma (you bind demerit karma).
Dada Bhagwan
#40. Whatever our destiny is, whatever our Karma is, if we simply accept the mercy of Guru, "Guru Kripa", it can completely liberate us from all of our previous Karmic bondage.
Radhanath Swami
#41. Merit karma is a credit amount and demerit karma is a debit amount [owe the amount to repay]. One is free to spend his accumulated amount wherever he wants.
Dada Bhagwan
#42. Yes, people are busy every day creating new karma for themselves. The reason is they overreact to every slight ... Grace and respect are two signs of a mature spiritual individual, whatever his religion or belief.
Harold Klemp
#43. It is called as 'discharge' (karma) when one has to do it compulsorily and against his wishes.
Dada Bhagwan
#44. If you just live totally, you will dissolve lots of karma. Living totally means that you experience anything that comes fully and intensely.
Jaggi Vasudev
#45. Jnana, bhakti, yoga and karma - these are the four paths which lead to spiritual freedom. One must follow the path for which one is best suited. But in this age, special stress should be laid on karma yoga.
Swami Vivekananda
#46. Where the 'charging' (of karma) stops, there lies the symptoms (signs) of attaining moksha.
Dada Bhagwan
#47. Charging [creation of new karma] is under 'your' control and discharge [disposal of karma] is in nature's control. Therefore, if you want to charge, charge positively. Whatever you have charged, nature will not refrain from discharging.
Dada Bhagwan
#48. I never believed in dharma. karma, reincarnation, or any of that spiritual crap, which caused sort of a problem growing up because my parents are devout Hindus.
Sonia Singh
#49. You are in charge of your own karma, your own life, your own spiritual path, and your own liberation, just as I am in charge of mine.
Lama Surya Das
#51. Ignorance' (absence of Self-Knowledge) creates vibrations (causes) and 'Knowledge' (Self-Knowledge) stops these vibrations.
Dada Bhagwan
#52. In the Bhagavad Gita, one of the oldest and most beautiful spiritual teachings in existence, nonattachment to the fruit of your action is called Karma Yoga. It is described as the path of consecrated action.
Eckhart Tolle
#53. Good karmas are an illusion and bad karmas are also an illusion. Despite this, I am not telling you to stop doing good karma. Going from bad to good is a good thing. However, in spite of doing good; the illusion doesn't go away. True religion begins after the illusion has gone away.
Dada Bhagwan
#54. Unfolding of karmic effect is self-resulting (swaparinami). Therefore, whatever the unfolding karmic effect does is correct. Do not be obstinate there. The unfolding of karmic effect indeed means that it has come before you to give the result. Why not stop interfering in it?
Dada Bhagwan
#55. Do business with honesty irrespective of what happens, whatever happens thereafter is correct. But do not start any accounts (karma).
Dada Bhagwan
#56. Karma is your survival and your bondage. And if you handle it right, it can also be your liberation.
Jaggi Vasudev
#57. To the worldy man Karma is a stern Nemesis, to the spiritual man Karma unfolds itself in harmony with his highest aspirations.
William Quan Judge
#58. One who does not join in with the unfolding karmic effects (karma oodai) is a Gnani (Self-realized), and an agnani (non-Self-realized) cannot indeed refrain from joining in with the unfolding karmic effects.
Dada Bhagwan
#59. He insulted me' -this knowledge binds one with terrible demerit karma.
Dada Bhagwan
#60. One will bother you only if you have a karmic account with him. No one can bother you without your signature (karmic cause). All this is due solely to your signature.
Dada Bhagwan
#61. You can tell a person's level of spiritual devlopment simply by watching how much they give.
Frederick Lenz
#62. One' is not a doer in this world. Where he believes that he is the doer, there is 'charging' (of karma). When one tastes egoistic pride of, "I did this samayik, I did these activities", he will 'charge' (karma). The taste of egoistic pride is very sweet.
Dada Bhagwan
#63. Is it wrong worldly interaction (avyavahar) when someone insults you? It is (correct) worldly interaction (vyavahar). Gnani (Self-realized person) will be pleased that he has become free from karma bondage, when someone insults Him; while a non Self-realized person will fight back.
Dada Bhagwan
#64. Multiple Spiritual Choices towards Light will accumulate your positive karma, upgrade your vision, develop your leadership skills
Jacklyn A. Lo
#65. Whether it is suffering or joy, going through experiences in life is not so much of a karma. Depriving yourself of any experience is the big karma.
Jaggi Vasudev
#66. Don't worry, eventually everything falls into its rightful place.
Fakeer Ishavardas
#67. The one with karma is known as mortal (jiva) and the one without karma is known as Soul (Self; immortal).
Dada Bhagwan
#68. One who speaks 'completely' negative creates karmic obstructions (antray) and 'positive' does not create any obstruction (antray).
Dada Bhagwan
#69. A Spiritual Choice towards Light is a shortcut for upgrade of your Consciousness.
Jacklyn A. Lo
#70. Your spiritual journey and your spiritual welfare are really dependent on two primary factors: One, your ability to meditate and two, your ability to give of yourself.
Frederick Lenz
#72. Too often in the west we fail to realize that even in eastern disciplines the spiritual life is not meant as an escape from the worldly life. There is karma to be fulfilled on earth, within the dharma of necessity.
James Hillman
#73. Never allow dogmatic interpretations of Karma to keep you from defending what is right or just. You must accept the reality that on occasion, you may very well be the proper instrument of this cosmic force.
Gary Hopkins
#74. Everyone's unfolding karma will change. To maintain equanimity during the unfolding of karmic effect is the Gnanis' (Self-realized person's) duty.
Dada Bhagwan
#75. People do not know what good deeds are. It is udaya karma,unfolding effects of past karma; that makes them do the deeds. The prakruti, the relative self, forces them to do them. What is your own thing [effort] in that? Doing good deeds; that too is mandatory (farajiyat)!
Dada Bhagwan
#76. Every day, I take steps to resolve all my karmic ties, live with intention, smile and laugh often, express my love, and act on what brings me fulfillment. Why wait until we have one foot in the grave to suddenly become spiritual, forgiving, and at peace with the world?
Alaric Hutchinson
#77. Enmity [Revengeful Karma] is the main seed of conflict [clash].
Dada Bhagwan
#78. Selfliss giving rounds the edges in spiritual practice. Many people can meditate very well but they're still very egotistical.
Frederick Lenz
#79. By one fact, the Self [Soul] is the creator [of new karma]. From another fact, the Self [Soul] is not the creator.
Dada Bhagwan
