Science of Karma

SR No.: 007556
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Dada Bhagwan
Publisher: Dada Bhagwan Foundation
Publication Year: 2003
Total Pages: 49
Language: English
Classification: Book_English & Akram Vigyan
File Size: 11 KB

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The Science of Karma
The Science of Karma
The Doer Is The Sufferer
Questioner: Our scriptures say that everyone reaps the fruit of karma depending upon their deeds.
Dadashri: Each person is responsible for his own self. God has never interfered in this. There is no one above us. You are independent in this world. All along you have been accustomed to being subordinate and that is why you have a 'boss' over you. Otherwise there is no one above you, nor is there a subordinate. That is how the world is. This simply needs to be understood.
I have roamed the entire universe and have not found a single place where an almighty power exists. There is no such Almighty who goes by the name of God. There is no so-called God above you. You yourself are responsible for yourself. People everywhere believe that God created this world. Those who believe in the principle of reincarnation cannot believe that God created the world. What is reincarnation based on? It is based on the concept: I am the doer and I am the sufferer. I am reaping the fruits of my own karma. God does not interfere in this!
Questioner: Up until now, I used to think that God is responsible for all this.
Dadashri: No. The responsibility is your own. You are whole and sole responsible. When a person gets shot, he is suffering the effect of his past life karma. The person who does the shooting will suffer when his karma is ready to give fruits.
It is just like a mango. You will not be able to extract any juice out of the mango on the day you buy it. You can only do that when it ripens. Similarly, the time has to be just right for the person to receive the bullet. The fact that the bullet is received means that the fruit has ripened and the juice has come out. The one who
shot the bullet, his fruit is now small and is growing and will ripen in time. There after the juice will come out the result of karma).
Who Is Bound: Body Or Soul? Questioner: Now, is it the body or the Soul that is in bondage?
Dadashri: The body itself is karma. So how can it have any other bondage? The one who feels that he is not free is bound. Who suffers imprisonment, the prison or the prisoner? So this body is the prison, and the one within, is bound. The one who believes, 'I am bound, I am this body, I am Chandubhai.' is the one who is bound.
Questioner: Do you mean to say that the Soul binds (charges) and discharges karma through the body?
Dadashri: No, it is not like that. The Soul is absolutely not involved in this. In fact, the Soul is free. It is independent. It is the ego, which has been created through a false imposition that binds karma, and it is the ego that experiences the fruits of karma. You are pure Self and yet you claim you are Chandubhai - to claim to be what you are not is called the ego. This is the false imposition of the ego. Egoism is to usurp someone else's space and call it your own. When this ego leaves, you can return to your own place, where there is no bondage.
Karma And Soul: Together Life After Life
Questioner: So is it possible for the Soul to be free from karma? When does that happen?
Dadashri: When no circumstance can cling and attach to the Self, then not a single karma will cling or attach him. No karmas exist for the absolute liberated souls and these are only to be