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A STUDY IN KARMA
whence? whither? May not physical matter become intangible, resolve itself into ether? May not ether give birth to new matter? Ali is doubtful where once certainty reigned. Yet has a universe its 'Ring-Pass-Not'. Within a given area only can we speak with. certainty of a 'law of nature'.
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What is a law of nature? Mr. J. N. Farquhar, in the Contemporary Review for July, 1910, in an article Hinduism, declares that if Hindus want to carry out reforms, they must abandon the idea of karma. As well might he say that if a man wants to fly he must abandon the idea of an atmosphere. To understand the law of karma. is not to renounce activity, but to know. the conditions under which activity is best carried on. Mr. Farquhar, who has evidently studied modern Hinduism carefully, has not grasped the idea of karma as taught in ancient scripture and in modern science.
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