InHinduism,Sanchita karma (heaped together) is one of the three kinds ofkarma. It is the accumulation of one's past karmas – all actions, good and bad, from one's past embodiments that are stored in one's subconscious.[1] Sanchita karmas follow through to the next life.[2][3]
A part of the Sanchita karmas that has reached fructification, calledPrarabdha karma, will determine the body form that the spiritual entity will assume to experience them so also the friends, relatives and life partner you get.[4]
Brahma Sutras 4.1.13 states that when knowledge ofBrahman (vidya) is attained, "all sins which are committed in the past life and which constitute the Sanchita Karmas are totally destroyed". This destruction happens because of knowledge, which is like a fire that completely burns up a dry reed, symbolizing the total elimination of accumulatedkarmas.[5] Brahma Sutras 4.1.15 further clarifies that "only the immature Karmas of the former lives, namely, those Karmas whose effect has not yet begun, are destroyed by knowledge". This means aJnanin (one who has attained the knowledge of Brahman) continues to live to exhaust theirPrarabdhakarma, even afterSanchitakarma is nullified.[5]
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