Beyond Doubt

Author(s): Padmasagarsuri
Publisher: Arunoday Foundation

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and it is the very soul which liberates itself ultimately from the world.
'Four children of same parents possess different behaviours and thoughts and their conduct too are different. The cause for all these differences is the different deeds they performed in their previous births. There is no concord between what man thinks and what he does. Every individual desires to be completely independent and the monarch of all. But throughout his life he leads a dependent life. His innate desire is to be hale and hearty but in his whole life he is seen suffering from some disease or the other. Without a cause there cannot arise such problems. There has to be some cause for all these and that cause is the accumulated Karma (good or bad) of previous births. The Paramatman' is not responsible for all this since he is an omniscient and he knows all and sees all. He is neither the creator nor the orientator of any life or matter. The Karma is the cause of all effect in this world. As it is said:
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In this Loka' which is fourteen Rajju? in measure, all the souls owing to their previous deeds take birth and live accordingly. Goswami Tulsidas a great Indian Poet and saint wrote in his famous epic Ram Charit Manas.
"कर्म प्रधान विश्व करि राखा जो जस करहि सो तस फल चाखा ॥"
The whole universe has Karma at its base and is dominated by it. As one sows, so does one reap. The foundation of the entire Universal management is Karma. It is not in your hands when to
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