The Soul, the 'Self' has no karma because it is unborn eternal. the Soul is unborn because it is ever formless, timeless and spaceless existence.+

The Soul, the 'Self' has no karma because it is unborn eternal. The Soul is unborn because it is ever formless, timeless, and spaceless existence. 

The karma theory is based on the birth entity. the one which is born, lives, and dies within the world is not the Self. the world in which we exist is the dualistic illusion or Maya. 

Thus, karma theory belongs to the dualistic illusion. whatever belongs to the dualistic illusion is bound to be an illusion. Ignorance is the cause of the dualistic illusion or Maya. The Soul, the Self is hidden by the Maya.

In human life and behavior are explained based on the theory of karma, which sets the cycle of rebirths into motion. 

All actions, good or bad, create their own karmic residues, which exhibit their results over a period of time.

Sruti says: ~ "brahmavit brahmaiva bhavati" - He who knows Brahman becomes Brahman Itself. In the Advaita understanding of this statement, the "becoming" is only metaphorical. It is not as if something that was not Brahman suddenly becomes Brahman. Rather, "realizing Brahman" means a removal of the ignorance about one's own essential nature as Brahman. Thus, to "know Brahman" is to "be Brahman."

The karma which has already started taking fruit is called prArabdha karma. This is the karma that is responsible for the current birth. The accumulated karma which is yet to take fruit is called sancita karma. 

As long as the cycle of rebirth continues, more karma will be done in the future, and this is called Agamin karma. Liberation (moksha) is the way out of this endless cycle.

A Gnani has realized the ultimate truth of the identity of the Soul, the Self. Thus, moksha is not a result of ritual action (path of karma a) or of devotional service (path of bhakti). These paths are egocentric, therefore, they will not help anyway to get rid of ignorance. In fact, moksha is not a result of anything, for it always exists. 

All that is required is the removal of ignorance. The path of wisdom helps the seeker to acquire the Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana. 

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The Karma theory 

Sage Sankara says clearly, that the universe is not real. He says that Brahman and Atman are one. The ultimate and the Absolute Truth is the 'Self', which is one though appearing as many in different individuals. 

The individual has no reality. Only the  Self is Real; the rest, mental and physical are but passing appearances, indicating that the form (waking) is unreal and the formless is real (Soul). Therefore, only Atman is real because there is no second thing other than Atman.

Sage Sankara also clearly mentions that:~

The path of religion, the theory of karma, the path of yoga, and the path of wisdom were intended for different classes of people. 

The Advaitic wisdom is for the advanced seekers of truth. It deals with the nature of the ultimate truth or the ultimate Reality. It is meant for superior aspirants who have an inner urge to know the truth and it is not for those who are immersed in earthly desires.

Sage Goudpada says: ~ The merciful Veda teaches karma and Upasana to people of lower and middling intellect while Jnana is taught to those of higher intellect.

It means the people who follow religion and worship of Gurus and conceptual God and believe in karma theory are lower and middling intellect. 

In this modern world, people are sharp enough to understand and assimilate the ultimate truth or Brahman or God. Thus, it is high time to discard the lower knowledge and move ahead to realize the ultimate truth, which is Brahman or God. 

Religious people believe the Karma theory is universal. The Karma theory is a religious and yogic fable. 

The Karma theory is a universal theory for those who believe the dualistic illusion as a reality. Karma is a reality only for those who believe the false self (ego or you) is the real 'Self' and the false experience (waking or universe) is a reality. 

The Karma theory is a reality for those who believe that experience, form, time, and space as a reality. Karma theory is a reality for those who believe in an individualized God. 

The Karma theory is a reality for those who believe in the experience of birth, life, death, and rebirth, and the world as a reality. 

The karma performed in the dream becomes unreal when the waking takes place. Similarly, the waking karma becomes unreal when wisdom dawns. 

The karma theory is a universal theory when the karma is limited to waking experience alone. 

The wisdom dawns when you (doer of karma) realize you are not the 'Self, but the  Self is the formless Soul. 

Thus, all theories based on you (form) is a falsehood because, the Soul, the innermost 'Self' is ever formless, timeless, and spaceless existence. 

If the 'Self' is not the waking entity but the ‘‘Self’’ is a formless Soul then how anyone can accept the theory of karma, which is based on a false self within the false experience. 

Thus, whatever theories are based on the false self (ego) and false experience (waking or the world) is bound to be a falsehood. 

Karma is a reality only for those who are stuck with the reality of practical life within the practical world because they have accepted the world in which they exist as a reality. 

Without knowing what witnesses the coming and going, of the three states how can one say the karma theory is a universal theory when karma is limited to waking experience alone. 

If the 'Self' is not you (waking entity) but 'Self' is a formless Soul then how anyone can accept the theory of karma, which is based on a false self within the false experience. 

Thus, whatever theories are based on the false self (ego) and false experience (waking) are bound to be falsehoods. 

Karma is a reality only for those who are stuck with the reality of practical life within the practical world because they have accepted the world as reality. 

What is the doer, what is the enjoyer, what is a cessation of thought and rising of thought, what is immediate perception and its result, to the Soul, the Self, the ever impersonal? 

What is the world, what is meant by the aspirant for liberation; what is the contemplative man and what is a man of knowledge; what bondage and what is liberation to the Self, which is ever formless, timeless, spaceless existence. 

What is Prarabdha Karmas, what is even liberation in life, and what is that and where is liberation at death for the Soul, the 'Self', which is ever attributeless?

The nearest state to understanding the Soul by itself is to eliminate the whole waking experience, as in deep sleep. Once this is grasped one has to realize that the three states are the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness, the Soul is the 'Self'. 

Whether the karma theory existed prior to Buddhism is not the question. Karma theory is based on form, time, and space whereas the ultimate truth or Brahman is based on formless, timeless, and spaceless existence. 

Thus, one has to decide whether the Self is the form or the Self is formless. If the 'Self' is the form then karma theory has value but if the 'Self' is formless then the karma theory has no value. 

Deeper-Self’-search reveals the fact that the karma theory is meant for those who are immersed in worldly life thinking of the individual life within the particle world as reality. 

In the Atmic path, the karma theory becomes a great obstacle in realizing the truth.  : ~Santthosh Kumaar