60 – Prarabdha Karma: The Karma Responsible For This Life | Patanjali Yoga Sutras | Swami Tattwamayananda - a podcast by Vedanta Society, San Francisco

Lecture by Swami Tattwamayananda. By analyzing your own samskaras you get an idea of your previous lives. This is part of the Kamra Vritti Chakram, wheel of actions and tendencies. We get an intuition. Samyama on the distinction between external form and perception allows a yogi to disappear from sight. Swami Vivekananda could memorize a book in one reading due to his concentration. Karma is the residue of an action. There are different kinds of Karma, which are working themselves out, could work themselves out in the future, or will only be accumulated in the future. A Yogi’s knowledge of these things in his own body allows him to know the time of his death. God’s grace allows him to deflect some of the already fired arrows and let them run their course even after a Jivanmukta stops making new Karma. Verses: III.18, III.19, III.20, III.21, III.22, III.23

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