THE LAW OF KARMA

The doctrine of Karma as enunciated in Hindu Shastras is accepted in toto and without any modification in the Kural. oozh is the Tamil word for the Law of Karma, by which the sum of man's thoughts, desires and actions is one birth becomes his start in the next birth or re-embodiment of his soul.

Neither Karma nor its Tamil equivalent is to be mistaken for belief in blind luck. The Hindu doctrine of Karma links all good and bad luck to what was done or thought in previous births. Men reap the just and natural reward of every act and build their natures and tendencies as a result thereof. The law is unfailing in its rigor. The account is not closed by death, but carried forward from one birth to another. Causes not traceable to oneself now must be traced to oneself in past births. That we do not remember the past is irrelevant.