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it would be quite impossible for them to cause joy or sorrow to the Soul. The mutual connection between the Karmas and the Soul exist to from beginningless time. If on the other hand you do not suppose it to be eternal, it would mean that in your opnion the Jiva was unconnected with the Karmas at one time and came to be connected with them later on. Further, it would follow that the liberated Souls, which become free from Karmas, are again connected with the Karmas, which is not so. Therefore, to think like this is wrong. Know it for certain that the relation of the Soul and the Karmas h 18 110 beginning in time. You may perhaps ask that when their relation is eternal how can they be separated from each other, for a thing which is eternal must remain 60 for ever. But you must remember that just as gold which is eternally connected with soil ( in the form of ore ) inside the nine, is separated from it when chemically heated, in the same way the Jiva which is eternally connected with the Karmas, is liberated from them when heated in the fire of perfect knowledge enkindled by meditation. Thus when the Jiva assumes its real form, it is called Mukta, free or liberated. After once reaching this state the Jiva can never be bound by the Karmas. A
If, according to your opinion, it is granted that the Karmas do not exist at all, then it would mean that good and evil, charity and selfishness, joys and surrows, heaven and hell, too, have got no existence in this world; but this is wrong. Therefore you will have to believe in the existence of Karmas. All good and bad Karmas are done and enjoyed by the Jiva. The soul itself is responsible for its actions and is consequently bouud to taste their fruit without any hitch,
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