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Chapter 11 : Pupil's Fourth Doubt regarding Bearing the Consequences of Karma
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Explanation & Discussion:
The pupil admits that the soul acquires Karma on account of its craving and aversion, but how does it bear the consequences? There are two problems in admitting that the soul bears the same: Who is going to decide the right consequences and who would hand down the same to the souls? Had there been some living entity involved, then he may take such decisions and provide the right consequences. In this case, however, there is the soul on one hand, which acquires the bondage, and being the subject of that activity, it cannot, on its own, decide to bear the consequences. On the other hand, there is lifeless Karma, which is not capable to know anything. It does not even know that a particular soul has acquired certain bondage. How could it then decide about extending the consequences? Since it has no intelligence, it cannot make any decisions.
ફળદાતા ઈશ્વર ગણ્ય, ભોકતાપણું સધાય; એમ કહે ઈશ્વરતણું, ઈશ્વરપણું જ જાય.
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Faldätä Ishwar Ganye, Bhoktäpanun Sadhäy, Em Kahye Ishwartanun, Ishwarpanun Ja Jäy.
If God is conceived of as the provider of consequences, there could be a case
for bearing the consequences; but by conceiving that way, the very Godhood of God would be at stake.
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