Guru and Namakirtan: Only the actions that are related to our body is bound by Prarabdham. There is no Prarabdham for mind. As a prudent person, it is only in our hands to control the mind.

Nama Article 3rd October 2014

Prasna Uttara Malika (A garland of questions and answers) – Adisankara

वपुषश्च पोषकं किं ?

प्रारब्धं

चान्नदायि किं ?

चायुः

What is the sustainer of the body?

Prarabdham (a collection of past actions, which are ready to be experienced through the present body)

What bestows food?

Life span. (Though we generally believe that we are living because of the food we eat, the food we eat gets digested and gives us energy only till our life span which is fixed by our Prarabdham)

Source: Namadwaar

What is Prarabdha Karma? How does it interfere in one's life?

Sri Sri Muralidhara Swamiji:

Everything in one's life happens because of Prarabdha Karma and nothing else. So it is not a question of interference in one's life, it is that which drives one's life.

Source: Madhuramurali – July 1997

மனதிற்கு ப்ராரப்தம் உண்டா?

மஹாரண்யம் ஸ்ரீ ஸ்ரீ முரளீதர ஸ்வாமிஜி :

சரீர சம்பந்தமான விஷயங்களுக்குத்தான் ப்ராரப்தம் உண்டே தவிர, மனதிற்கு ப்ராரப்தம் கிடையாது. மனதை அடக்குவது விவேகிகளான நம் கையில் தான் உள்ளது.

Whether our Mind is bound by Prarabdham (a collection of past actions, which are ready to be experienced) ?

Sri Sri Muralidhara Swamiji

Only the actions that are related to our body is bound by Prarabdham. There is no Prarabdham for mind. As a prudent person, it is only in our hands to control the mind.

Please check these: Excerpts from a discourse by our Sri Sri Muralidhara Swamiji

Everything in our life is predetermined. All we have to do is to turn and fix our mind on Him!

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Everything that happened in the past, that happens now, and that will happen in future, are all the will of My Father. Nothing else. Nothing else. We should not get disturbed.

Yogirămsuratkumăr used to say, 'If there is faith then there is no fate.'

Remember the Lord always and be ever conscious of the fact that every moment is governed by the will and wish of Sri Krishna

Spiritual success is dependent on oneself and not on the environment.

To remain in the Holy Feet of the Guru as a 'nobody' (zero); to remain like a doll in his hand. This is the only effort that can be taken by us

If you think of God and attain the abode of God, there is no destiny.

When one is afflicted with sorrow, if he persists in prayers and not question the Lord as to why He is putting him into grief, when the difficult times pass, the Lord is pleased and rewards him with a special gift of His grace.

You should not only accept from the bottom of your heart the situation that the Lord keeps you in but also be grateful to Him for that because it is verily the Lord's blessing!

When there is true love, even adversities appear to be blessings