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The Science of Reincarnation,
The Toll of Karma
again ready for forming other forms of Karmacomplex. Thus this seems to be an endless process. In Jain scripts, the stage of existence of complex [AE] or association of Karma with Atma is called as "Sata."
The time of enjoying the fruits of Karma will thus depend on Sata. This time frame can vary a lot depending on nature of Karma as in above example, from chemical reactions, the life of complex [AE] could be one millionth of a second to even hours. Suppose a killer murders a person. There are several possibilities as far as law and justice is concerned. Some are as follows:
(1) the killer can be caught and based on evidence can be convicted,
is
not convicted based on
(2) the killer insufficient evidence,
(3) the killer is not caught at all,
(4) killer is convicted as in (1) above but dies before the period of conviction starts.
Except as in (1), what will happen about justice to the victim? And even justice is done what will happen to possibility in (4)? According to justice of Karma, killer will have to get fruits of such actions somewhere and some time. This somewhere has to
Carma, killer ssibility in (4) justice is
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