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terrible suffering. Moreover, at the same time, they go around accusing others, "He did this to me and he did that to me.” And in this way, the karmas only double. If they would just understand the root cause behind why things happen to them, and that the reason why their loved ones bother them so much, is because of their own karmic accounts from the past life, and that the fault is of the sufferer; then their suffering will abate.
Questioner: Does the worldly life run according to the theory of karma?
Dadashri: No, there is no theory of karma in it.
Questioner: What is karma? There is no resolution if one even depends on the theory of karma. If one considers God as the 'doer', even then it does not fit into the equation. Then there has to be something else that regulates all this. What is that?
Dadashri: It is all run by scientific circumstantial evidences. The whole world is run by this energy. These words are not easy to understand unless you think about them very closely.
Who Is the 'Doer' of Karma?
Questioner: What is karma? What is the root of it? How is karma bound?
Dadashri: Karma is bound through 'doership' (kartabhaav). “I am doing it" is 'doership'. Someone else does it and one claims, "I did it." He passes his college examinations on the basis of some other energy, and yet he claims that he passed the exams. That is a wrong belief and this is what binds karma. 'I am Chandubhai' is itself karma.
Questioner: Then who does the karma? Does karma affect the Atma (the Self) or the pudgal (the non-Self complex)?
Dadashri: If you are a Gnani (Self-realized), then the
