| Essence Of Hinduism |
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HINDU ETHICS |
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| On no other
hypothesis can we explain the inequalities of life that w see all around us. God is
not partial. He would not of His own accord make one man strong and another man weak, one
man healthy and another man sickly, and one man sensual and another man spiritual. He
would never of His own accord put one man in surroundings that help the progress of his
soul and another man in surroundings that hinder his progress. The inequalities of life
are due to ourselves and not to God. Every soul is like a farmer to whom a plot of land is given. The extent of the land, the nature of its soil, the changes o weather to which it is exposed are all predetermined. But the farmer is quite at liberty to till the ground, to manure it and raise suitable crops or to neglect it and allow it to run to waste. To make the operation of the Law of Karma clear Hindu scriptures divide a man's Karma into three parts-Prarabdha, Samcita and Agami. Prarabdha karma is like an arrow, which the archer has already discharged. It has left his hands. He cannot recall it. Therefore he must take the consequences of it. Samcita karma is like the arrow, which he has set on the bowstring and is about to discharge. And Agami karma is like the arrow in the quiver. Prarabdha karma is that part of a man's accumulated karma, which has begun to bear fruit in his present life. It is a thing, which is entirely determined and cannot be avoided. |
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