| Hinduism Doctrine And Way Of Life |
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| Books By Rajaji |
KARMA |
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| We know from
experience and without the help of any doctrine that every thought or act, good or bad,
has at once an effect on oneself, apart from its effect on others or on the outside world. Every motion of the mind deals a stroke as with a goldsmith's hammer on one’s character, and whether one wants it or not, alters its shape for better or worse. We are ceaselessly shaping ourselves as the gold smith busy with his hammer shapes gold or silver all day long. Every act of ours and every thought creates a tendency and according to its nature adds or takes away from our free will to a certain extent. If I think evil thoughts today, I think them more readily and more persistently tomorrow. Likewise it is with good thoughts. If I control or calm my self today, control becomes more easy and even spontaneous next time, and this goes on progressively. At death, the Hindu doctrine says, whatever character has been hammered out by the thoughts, deeds and repentances of the life that is closed continues to attach itself as the initial start for the soul in its next journey. |
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