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KARMA |
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The law of
karma thus does not do away with free will but constitutes the charter of true freedom.
The thoughts entertained, words spoken and deeds done all produce appropriate fruits. The
consequence may be dealt with afresh but cannot be escaped. Just as we deem it a charter
of freedom that one cannot in law be robbed of the fruits of one’s labour, the law of
karma is the Magna Carta of free will.
In the third chapter of the Bhagavad Gita, Arjuna asks the question, Why do men sin
knowing that sin is bad and not desiring to fall into it? The Divine Teacher answered like
an up-to-date rationalist.He did not answer saying it was pre-determined by the karma of
the man’s previous births. But he said that the error in the person’s conduct
results from the urge of desires, anger, and hatred which warp the person’s judgment
and mislead him. The Divine Teacher added that a
person should put forth all his spiritual strength to fight and overcome these corrupting
influences at the very start, and gave the assurance that the effort to resist will find
success. This is a more rationalistic answer than even what the philosophers of science
inclined towards determinism would give. |
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