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sentence of a prisoner is reduced due to his/her good conduct, in the similar fashion the coded blueprint contained in past karma can be modified by the present deeds.
Eighth Postulate : The soul attains liberation from the cycle of rebirths when accumulated karma is exhausted.
The karma doctrine is based on the presupposition that as long as karına remains associated with the soul, the soul incarnates. It is logical to assume that the soul will not incarnate when the accumulated karına is exhausted.
Conclusions
There is an innate moral order to the cosmos, which is selfregulating through the workings of the karma system. The karma doctrine explains how the activities of living beings influence the karmic interactive field and how in return this field influences living beings. It explains the mechanismn to control the karmic interactive field and to achieve liberation from the cycle of rebirths. The various postulates of the karma doctrine seem to be logical.
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