Spiritual Quotes On karma

Your efforts bring you profit when your merit karma is in fruition, and when your merit karma is no longer in fruition, the very same efforts will make you incur a loss.

After having made the firm resolve to not slip [spiritually], if you still slip, it is not an offense. However, if you have just not made this firm resolve and then you slip, that is an offense.

If you can get a chance to do the darshan of One who is free of kashay (anger, pride, deceit and greed), then your demerit karma will be washed off just like that! Besides the Gnani Purush, there cannot be any person who is free of kashay.

As a matter of fact, the unfolding karma changes for everyone. To prevail in a state of equanimity amidst the unfolding karma, that is the duty of the Gnanis (the Ones who have realized the Self).

Demerit (paap) karma and merit (punya) karma, what are they? God resides within every living being in worldly life, therefore never have even the slightest intent to hurt any living being. Otherwise, as a result of that engaging in that fault, demerit karma will be bound. On the other hand, if you give the slightest of happiness to any living being, or you have the slightest intent to give happiness to any living being, then as a result of giving happiness to the God within, you will bind merit karma.

The conflicts at the external level last for one lifetime only, whereas the conflicts at the internal level can last for hundreds of lifetimes. They can even go on for a hundred thousand lifetimes!