| Essence Of Hinduism |
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HINDU ETHICS |
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those conditions of a man's existence, which he cannot get over, however hard he may try. We cannot, for instance, get over our sex or parentage or the colour of our skin in this life. We cannot jump out of the bodies, which we have inherited from our parents. As far as such things are concerned, every one will admit that man is a creature of circumstances. Therefore our ancients said that only being experienced. Samcita karma is the name given to the accumulated karma of all the previous lives of a man, which has determined his present character and innate tendencies. These
are not unalterable like sex and parentage. It is possible to reform our As we sow so shall we reap. If our thoughts are pure, our action righteous and our desires unselfish, we create for our selves conditions which will accelerate our movement towards perfection. If, on the other hand we sin, penal blindness will overtake us, and we shall go down in the moral scale of Samsara and suffer for it in the lives to come, till retributive justice brings us to our senses. Thus Samsara is like a vast educational system where the master allows his pupils to educate themselves by seeing the natural consequences of their actions, while he is always present to advise, to help and to save. |
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