Just as the body and the world in a dream are superimposed and, therefore, illusory, so is also this body, and the world in the waking is superimposed. The birth, life, death, and the world are part of the waking experience, and waking is superimposed, and in the absence of waking, which contains the body and the world there is no room for karma at all.
The ignorance to be verily the material /cause) of the waking/dream just as water is of a cloud. If the ignorance is destroyed, how can the three states subsist?
Just as a person out of confusion perceives only the snake leaving aside the rope, so does ignorant person experiences the world/dream within the waking without knowing their reality? The real nature of the rope being known, the appearance of the snake no longer persists; so the substratum being known, the waking no longer remains as real.
Believing in The karma theory is the greatest obstacle in the pursuit of truth because it is based on the physical Self. The word "karma" means "action. Karma through willful action, through thoughts, words and deeds are part and parcel of the dualistic illusion.
Sage Sankara says: The world is an illusion and Brahman alone is real, which means the birth, life, karma, death, which happens within the illusory world is bound to be an illusion. Thus, theory based on the birth entity (ego) has no value. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar
