Karma

Bhagavad Gita • Chapter 2

Yoga is skill in action—not clever manipulation for profit, but the artistry of acting so wisely that you transcend both good and bad karma, becoming free in this very life.

Bhagavad Gita • Chapter 2

Action bound to fruit is spiritual poverty—take refuge in the wisdom that liberates action from the bondage of outcomes, and discover the immense freedom of doing without grasping.

Bhagavad Gita • Chapter 18

Actions bear three kinds of fruit after death: painful, pleasant, and mixed—but only for those who have not renounced. For true renouncers, there is no binding fruit whatsoever.

Garuda Purana, Pretakhanda

The Garuda Purana describes 28 types of Naraka (hell) where souls are temporarily punished for specific sins before rebirth. Each hell has punishments corresponding to the sin committed - teaching that karma determines ones fate. Punishments are finite and proportional, ending once karmic debt is settled.

Rigveda, Bhagavata Purana

Sage Dadichi gives his own bones to create the weapon needed to defeat the demon Vritra, demonstrating the highest karma yoga—complete detachment from body and life.

Arjuna & Krishna

Karma binds us not through action but through attachment to results. When we act from duty without craving outcomes, we remain free. The wise person acts like fire — burning what must be burned without hatred or attachment.

Krishna & Jara

Karma from past lives continues until completed. Sometimes we are instruments of endings we don't understand. Death can be a gift of completion rather than a tragedy. The circles we don't remember creating still seek to close.