Antarayas Karma

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- April 11, 2024 at 7:23 pm #623961
  
  Anant Sarma
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  The term antarayas is used in Patanjali Yoga shastra and also in Jainism. We should understand them in terms of those scriptures and try to correlate them to vedanta.
  
  With that caveat, let me try to reconcile the terminology cited to vedanta. It has nothing to do with sancita, agami or prarabdha karma. The word karma has several meanings and in this context it is connected to karma phala and is the seed to eventually to be experienced and exhausted as papa and punya.
  
  Another common meaning of the word karma is action. It is more in that sense the word antarayas karma is used. It has do with obstacles to any sadhana. As it relates to meditation Yoga sastra, nine types of such obstacles are discussed. In vedanta the obstacles to meditation are said to be laya, vikshepa, kashaya and rasasvada. In either case, it is not a physical karma, but a manasa, mental action. The nine types of antaryas karma are discussed as the four obstacles to meditation in vedanta. For further details refer to vedantic texts such as Mandukya Karika and Vedanta Sara.
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