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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takes care of you, then no karma will bind. Raag is attachment. Dwesh is abhorrence.
Questioner: What if we do not realize that raag and dwesh are occuring?
Dadashri: The reward for not knowing is the wandering into life after life.
The Relationship Of The Self And Body
Dadashri: One cannot see karma being bound. People in general think of karma as something that is visible to the eye. They may see someone hurt another person and assume that, that is how the person charges karma. Is that not what people believe?
Questioner: Yes, they say it as they see it.
Dadashri: People believe that karma is the external activities people do like eating, sleeping, hitting someone etc. People label all actions as karma. But in reality the activity they see is really the fruit of karma and not the actual karma itself.
Whenever karma is bound, there is internal suffering. What does a child do when you give him bitter medicine? He makes a face! And when you give him medicine that is sweet, he will like it. When people do raag-dwesh (attachment-abhorrence) they are planting causes that give rise to new karma. You will have to experience karma that you like and also the ones you dislike. The ones you do not like will leave you hurting while those you like will leave you happy. The causes that were created in your past life bring fruits to you, in this life.
Laws Governing The Sowing of Karma
Questioner: Is there any way of knowing which seed will flourish and which will not?
Questioner: Can you explain the relationship between the body and the Self in more detail?
Dadashri: The body has come about as a result of ignorance of the Self. It is the effect of all the causes you created. When someone praises you, you are pleased, but when they insult you, it upsets you. The external display of emotion is immaterial. The internal intent of these reactions (attachment and abhorrence) is the cause. It is this inner reaction that will bind karma. And it is this karma that will be discharged in the next life as an effect. The mind, speech and body, are all effective. While experiencing the effects one creates new causes. The cycle of cause and effect is perpetuated in this manner. Even the foreign scientists can understand the concept of reincarnation in this way!
These are all effects. To plead a case in a court of law is also an effect. You must not have any ego during this effect by saying, 'I won the case.' Effects will follow naturally, like flowing water. The water does not say, 'I am going down. Even then it travels a great distance to the ocean. Humans on the other hand, have ego and so they bind karma. If a lawyer wins a lawsuit he will say, I won the lawsuit.' Claiming doer ship is the ego, and this binds karma; the ego creates a cause. In return, the fruit of this cause will come as an effect.
Dadashri: Yes, for example when you say, 'The snack was delicious and I ate it', you are sowing the seed. There is nothing wrong in saying 'I ate as long as you are aware that you are not the one who is eating. But instead you become the doer and when you take on the doer ship, you plant the seed of karma.
When you have no abhorrence towards the one who curses you, and no attachment towards the one who garlands you and