All of what happens in this relative reality has no effect on brahman, the pure consciousness which is present right here. Shankaracharya says n in theis ishopanishad it's farther than the farthest and nearer than the nearest. So karma belongs to which plane? Transactional. Empirical relative, vevaharika plane. Karmas are one of the fundamental plank supports of hinduism, buddhism, all the indian philosophies,. they all accept the theory of karma without reservation.
Question and Answer session lead by Swami Sarvapriyananda as part of a spiritual retreat at the Vedanta Society of New York on Feb 25th, 2018.