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The Theory of Karma What Is Karma and What Is Dharma in Vyavahar?
When two people interact and resolve their pending accounts of karma with each other, it is called dharma.
Not to resolve a pending account amicably with anyone, is karma (binding new karma).
If the vegetable dish is too salty, to eat it is dharma, and to say, “Why did you make it so salty?” is karma. The World Only Knows the Theory of Doership
Questioner: The theory of karma is not in Jainism, but it is in the Gita, why is that?
Dadashri: The theory of karma has been accepted in Jainism, as well as in other religions. Those who believe in ‘life after death', believe in the theory of karma.
Understand the theory of karma. All people look at, is the theory of doership’ of atma (worldly self). They have seen the theory of “He insulted me; he is the 'doer””, but they have not come across the theory which states that the other person's action is the result of the unfolding karma of the one being insulted. Many people say, “My karmas are obstructing me”, but they have not seen that theory. If they understood what karma is, then there would be no grounds for accusing the other person by saying, “Why did he do that to me?”
Because of karma, all living beings (jivas) are experiencing
