🌟 When Gunas change, Varna changes. Varna comes with Karma.
Law of Karma (కర్మ ఫలిత సిద్ధాంతం)
Every Karma definitely has a result → either in this birth or in the next birth.
- 🌱 Good Karma (Dharma, Truth, Service) → Good Birth, Higher Varna.
- 🔥 Bad Karma (Untruth, Cruelty, Ignorance) → Lower Varna, Difficult Birth.
Based on our Gunas (Sattvic, Rajasic, Tamasic) + Karmas in this birth, it is decided in which Varna, family, and state we will be born in the next birth.
1️⃣ Moksha in Present Birth
1.1 🕉️ Moksha Sadhana (Sādhanachatuṣṭayam / Four Qualifications for Moksha)
🌿 (a) Viveka (Discrimination)
Eternal – Atman/Brahman
Non-eternal – Physical, Mental World
Action: Realizing that worldly objects and feelings are temporary, and focusing on Self-realization.
🍃 (b) Vairagya (Detachment)
Reducing attraction towards pleasures, following the supreme goal.
Action: Reducing attachment to wealth, possessions, desires, material enjoyments.
💫 (c) Shatkashampatti (Six Virtues)
Six Qualities – Shama (Self-control), Dama (Discipline), Uddārata (Renunciation), Jñāna (Knowledge), Sthiti (Equanimity), Chitta Shuddhi (Purity of Mind)
Action: These bind mind, thoughts, and actions with peace and stability.
🔥 (d) Mumukshutva (Intense Desire for Moksha)
Sacrificial, continuous longing for Moksha
Action: Pushing oneself towards Moksha through Jñāna, Dhyāna, Bhakti, Karma Yoga.
🎯 Moksha – Final Goal
🌟 2. In Next Birth → Varna, Gunas + Karmas
🌈 2.1 Jivatma – Varna: Guna – Karma :
Based on Karma (previous births’ actions, tendencies, impressions) →
- 🧍♂️ Body type (Human, Animal, Bird)
- 🎭 Experience (Pleasure/Pain, Wealthy/Poor)
- 📚 Knowledge (Wisdom, Ignorance, Ability to grasp Shastras)
👉 Size of Jivatma does not change, but due to Karma’s influence, bodies, experiences, and knowledge change.
🌿 2.1.1. Body Type
📜 Gita Shloka (Chapter 2, Verse 22):
"Vāsāṁsi jīrṇāni yathā vihāya, navāni gṛhṇāti naro’parāṇi"
👉 Meaning: The body is abandoned like old clothes, and new bodies are taken up. Which body one gets → is determined by Karma results.
🌿 2.1.2. Experience of Life
📜 Gita Shloka (Chapter 4, Verse 17):
"Gahana Karmano Gatih"
👉 Meaning: The results of Karma are very subtle. The same situation → becomes happiness for one, sorrow for another. Therefore, the joys and sorrows we face in life → are all the results of past Karmas.
🌿 2.1.3. Knowledge
📜 Gita Shloka (Chapter 15, Verse 15):
"Sarvasya Chaham Hridi Sannivishto, Mattah Smritir Jñānam Apohanam Cha"
👉 Meaning: Paramatma resides in every heart. By His grace alone knowledge comes to someone, or ignorance continues. Knowledge develops based on past births’ practices, meditation, and merits.
🧠 2.2 Antahkarana: Subtle Body + Causal Body
- 🌀 Subtle Body → Combination of Mind, Intellect, Chitta, Ego
- 🔑 Causal Body → Place where Karmic impressions (Vasanas) and tendencies (Samskaras) are stored
👉 Vasanas (Impressions) & Samskaras (Tendencies) are all stored in the Causal Body.
🌿 2.2.1 Storage in Chitta
According to Yoga Shastra, Chitta is a part of the mind, like a memory bank. Every experience, thought, karma → is planted there as a “Samskara seed.” When the time comes, that seed sprouts → appearing as habits and behavior in us.
🌿 2.3 How do they come into the next birth?
When the body dies → the gross body remains here. But the Subtle Body + Causal Body go along with the Jivatma into the next birth. Therefore, past lives’ impressions, habits, talents, fears appear in the new birth.
🧩 Examples: A child being able to play piano well the first time he touches it. The samskara of past practice revealed in this birth. Some children show attraction towards Vedas/Scriptures at an early age.
🌿 2.4 Soul’s Journey After Death
Based on Garuda Purana and Upanishads: At the moment of death → Jivatma leaves the body. Subtle journey in Preta Loka → goes to Yama Dharma Raja according to past Karmas. Decision of new birth → After merits or sins are exhausted, Jivatma again gets a new body on Earth.
🌿 2.5 Time Duration & Examples
New birth may happen immediately → quick entry into a womb. Or it may take years, centuries, or Yugas → depending on Karma. According to Garuda Purana → “Preta stage” lasts from 10 days up to 1 year.
🧘♂️ Examples: A virtuous person → enjoys happiness in heaven for some time, then is reborn. A sinner → undergoes punishment in hell, then is reborn. A Yogi/Jnani → reaches higher worlds with merits and stays there until Moksha.
🌟 Summary: After death, the soul → leaves the body → goes to Preta Loka → Karma judgment at Yama Dharma Raja → experience in Pitru Loka/Heaven/Hell → after Karma is over → entry into new birth.
2.6 Varna: Guna – Karma :
According to Bhagavad Gita (Chapter 14):
- 🌱 Sattvic → Born in higher worlds, good family (Brahmin/Jnana seeker family).
- 🔥 Rajasic → Born for pleasures (Kshatriya or Vaishya family).
- 🌑 Tamasic → Because of ignorance and cruelty, lower births (Shudra or even lower state).
🧩 2.6.1 Examples (Varna Change in Next Birth)
| Person in this Birth | Gunas | Karmas | Possible Varna in Next Birth |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yogi immersed in knowledge, meditating | Sattvikam | Spiritual Karmas | Brahmin family or lineage of Yogis |
| Courageous, engaged in governance | Rajasam + Sattvikam | Protection, Justice | Kshatriya family |
| Business-minded, greedy | Rajasam | Business, Wealth accumulation | Vaishya family |
| Ignorance, cruelty, excessive laziness | Tamas + Rajasam | Violence, Alcohol, Falsehood | Shudra family |
🕉️ 2.7 Moksha Sadhana (Sādhanachatuṣṭayam / Four Qualifications for Moksha)
🌿 (a) Viveka (Discrimination)
Shashvatam (Eternal) – Atma/Brahman
Ashashvatam (Non-eternal) – Physical, Mental World
Action: Realizing that worldly objects and emotions are only temporary, focusing on Self-realization.
🍃 (b) Vairagya (Detachment)
Reducing attraction towards pleasures, following the higher goal.
Action: Reducing attachment to wealth, property, desires, and material enjoyments.
💫 (c) Shatkashampatti (Six Virtues)
Six virtues – Shama (Self-control), Dama (Discipline), Uddārata (Renunciation), Jñāna (Knowledge), Sthiti (Equanimity), Chitta Shuddhi (Purity of Mind)
Action: These bind the mind, thoughts, and actions with peace and stability.
🔥 (d) Mumukshutva (Intense Desire for Moksha)
Sacrificial and continuous longing for Moksha
Action: Advancing towards Moksha through Jnana, Dhyana, Bhakti, and Karma Yoga.
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