Beyond Doubt

Author(s): Padmasagarsuri
Publisher: Arunoday Foundation

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a law of cause and effect can never be reversed or changed even a little, and also the cause does not follow the effect. From ghee you cannot get butter, from butter yoghurt cannot be got, from curds one does not get back the milk, so also you cannot grow grass from the milk.
There is lot of variety in this world. No two things and persons are alike. In this world king and beggars, másters and slaves, healthy and sick, yong and old, men and women, beautiful and ugly, wise and foolish, good and bad all these dissimilarities exist. Some are happy and some are sad, some live in palaces and some do not even have a proper hut for shelter. There has to be a cause for all these dissimilarities and that cause is termed as 'KARMA'. Hence I say karma is definitely an existing entity".
Thus Lord Mahavira explained to Agnibhuti about karma and Agnibhuti's doubt regarding the same was clarified in little time. Such was the powerful speech and knowledge of the lord.
When the meritorious deeds i.e. punya bear fruit, all circumstances become favourable for the soul. An illustration to explain the same is given as under.
Seth Mafatlal's father was a renowned physician. He served . a lot of sick pepole and managed to accumulate plenty of wealth during his life time. When he expired, his son was unable to continue the practice because he could not become adopt with the skill. The fortune his father left behind also gradually began to dwindle and finally he was put in such a situation where he could not favour himself with his daily bread.
In those days People seldom fell sick because they took care of the kind of food they ate. because there were not many hotels, hospitals aiso were not required. The root cause of all diseases is hotels where goodcare is not taken to prepare food like