Beyond Doubt

Author(s): Padmasagarsuri
Publisher: Arunoday Foundation

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Toom. He found that the door was opened and a bed was already duly laid. He thought that his father was so kind to have laid a bed there for him. He kept his cycle in the waiting room and soon fell asleep on the bed; as he was very tired. And what happened after this is quite known to all.
The Shravaka got his trunk and after rewarding the Harijan, he left for his village. He was extremely thankful to the gentleman for saving his life at the right time. The incident is narrated to prove that we reap the good or bad fruit of our deeds depending on the deeds we have done previously. As it is said.
"यथा बींज तथा फलम् ।
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As you sow, so you reap. If you sow a neem seed, you cannot reap a mango fruit. Good will result in good and the evil will result in suffering and pain. All living beings experience either pleasure or pain. One is favoured with pleasure, when the meritorious deeds bear fruit. Hence if pleasure and pain exist, it is definite that karma also exists.
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On the other hand if a name exists, the substance bearing that time also should exist without doubt. Karma also is a shudha pada hence a substence bearing that name also has to exist. Thus Lord Mahavira cleared Agni Bhuthi's doubt regarding the existence of karma and Agni Bhuti too surrendered at the Lord's feet and got initiated in the Shramana faith and became his disciple like.Indra Bhuthi Gautama. The Lord imparted the knowledge of "Tripadi" to Agni Bhuthi and, then Agni Bhuthi worked out the 'Dradashanga'.
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