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force and that could only happen if the Congress continued to be strong.
Today Mrs. Indira Gandhi has not the good fortune to possess that time-bomb of Karma, which would bring her renown. On the other hand, her time-bomb of Karma which would bring her rather unpopularity has exploded and hence the whole nation is dragged in the vortex of various sufferings like high cost of living, dissensions, provincialism, devaluation etc.
In this manner, the explosion of the time-bomb of Karma of a particular person having the nature of producing good or bad results, will correspondingly aifect the destinies of var ous persons connected with him by hastening the time of explosion of the time-bomb of their Karmas.
The sin of one will sink many innocent lives and the merit of one will save many sinful souls.
Friends, I narrate to you an authentic episode in corroboration of the above truth. A boat was sailing in the river Ganges with fifty passengers going out for a picnic. The boat on reaching deep waters got entangled in a whirlpool and began whirling about. It would not get out despite best efforts of the crew and passengers. One religious soul thought that there should be a wicked man in the company on account of whose sins the lives of all were endangered and therefore, if that man could be separated from the company, all the rest would be saved. He hit upon a stratagem and called another boat. A plank was placed between the two boats and the passengers in turn were asked to move out from one boat to the other. But no sooner did one man get into the other boat, than the first boat turned turtle and the rest of the fortynine were drowned.
What happened! Not because of one person's sin but because of the vigorous strength of his life sustaining particles of Karma, the life sustaining particles of Karma of
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| SR No. | 007016 |
| Book Title | Karma Philosophy In Jainism |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Chandrashekharvijay, Chunilal Vrajlal Modi |
| Publisher | Kamal Prakashan |
| Publication Year | 1978 |
| Total Pages | 84 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 7 MB |