What “Karma” Actually Means. And How To “Change” It. 
Understanding Karmas | The Sadhana Blog

Let’s start by forgetting the most overused Instagram cliché: “Karma = reward or punishment.”

Nopes. Karma isn’t a cosmic HR department keeping score. 

It’s more like your personal algorithm. Every thought, emotion, and action is the raw data you feed into it. That data writes invisible code (called Samskaras) into your inner operating system – your Antahakarana, made of your mind, intellect, memory, and ego).

That inner code shapes how your Prana (life-force) flows. Those flows, in turn, create what we call “life”: your mood patterns, career wins, luck streaks, health issues, heartbreaks… basically, your reality playlist.

There is no God is sitting up there judging. It is Shakti that is simply mirroring what your internal Wi-Fi keeps broadcasting.

The Structure of Karma

Think of karma as a multi-layered app:

1. Gross layer: The outer interface that makes up your body and life events.

2. Subtle layer: Your thought patterns running in the background.

3. Causal layer: The deep database of old imprints, the “seed storage.”

The engine behind all of it? Attention + Prana + Sankalpa (intent).

Where your attention goes, your energy follows. Where energy condenses, reality loads.

That’s why in Tantra, Mantra = Devata. 

Every mantra is living code. Chanting it doesn’t just change the story’s subtitles, it rewrites the film itself.

The Three Time Buckets of Karma

Tantra divides karma based on when it shows up in your life’s Netflix series:

1. Sanchita Karma:  the entire archive from all your lifetimes, waiting in the cloud.

2. Prarabhdha Karma: the episode currently streaming; the loaded reel you’re watching this season.

3. Kriyamana / Agami Karma: what you’re scripting right now for the next season.

Tantra accepts all three, but focuses on tools that can:

a) Burn karmic seeds 

b) Redirect Prana

c) Turn pain into awareness. 

The Three Types of Karma. And How Editable They Are

1. Dhridha

2. Adhridha

3. DhridhaAdhridha 

Think of this like the difference between a tattoo, a pencil mark, and a sticky note.

1. Dhridha (Fixed Karma)

This is like a bullet already fired. No matter what you do, it’s on its way. 

Birth family, major illnesses, death windows… These are locked-in chapters.

You can’t delete the scene, but you can change the tone: how long it lasts, how intense it feels, what it teaches you.

2. Adhridha (Changeable Karma)

This is like a story that’s still in the draft mode. The energy is loose, but the file’s editable.

It is the perfect zone for rituals and remedies to work fast. The same “solutions” that genuine Astrologers give.

The best part of Adhridha karma is that you can change the outcome. With discipline, mantra sadhana, philanthropy, and selfless devotion, you can literally re-code your story.

3. DhridhaAdhridha (Mixed Karma)

This is where the core is fixed, but the periphery flexible. Just like a pre-written movie where you can still choose the soundtrack and lighting.

Here, you have somewhat (but never full) control over the timeline, intensity, collateral, and the players involved.

Can Devata Sadhana Change Karma?

Yes. But not like “wish upon a crystal” kind of magic.

Tantra is Prana-engineering inside a divine network. You work with cosmic APIs, integrate them, not hack them.

Here’s how each karmic type responds to genuine Sadhana:

1. Adhridha Karma 

Sadhana dissolves or redirects the event.

  • Mantra Japa: Rewrites causal code
  • Homa (Yagnya – fire rituals): Burns karmic seeds
  • Tarpana: Reroutes energy flow
  • Dana (Donation) & Seva: Balances Prana accounts
  • Vrata/Niyama: Breaks habit loops.

The end result is that the event either vanishes or morphs into a harmless version.

2. Dhridha Karma 

Sadhana lightens and speeds up the karmic process.

How? Same as above, plus:

  • Nyasa: Installs the deity’s circuit on your body.
  • Kavachams: Strengthens your energy field (aura).
  • Bali (ritualistic offerings): Pacifies external entanglements.

The end result is that you still meet the karma, but it’s a 3-month episode instead of a 3-year season. 

In Nusthell

  • Adhridha Karma: can be removed.
  • DhridhaAdhridha Karma: can be reshaped.
  • Dhridha Karma: must be lived through, but you can turn it into gold.

Because powerful Sadhana doesn’t cancel the story, it compresses lifetimes of suffering into a few moments of awakening.

And sometimes, inside that fire, you find the real gift that karma had wrapped for you all along.

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