Book Title: Doctrine Of Karma
Author(s): Abhedananda Swami
Publisher: Ramkrishna Vedanta Math

Previous | Next

Page 30
________________ CHAPTER II LAW OF ACTION AND REACTION The law of causation or of Karma includes the law that the like produces the like, or that every action must be followed by a reaction of similar nature. If I strike a blow on the table, the table will react upon me with similar force. If I strike harder, I shall receive harder blow in return. As on the physical plane, so on the finer mental plane, all mental actions produce similar reactions. Motives, desires, thoughts and other mental functions being subject to the same law, produce good, bad or mixed results according to the nature of those mental activities. As all the mental activities determine the character of the individual ego, or the worker, we can easily classify the workers as good, bad or mixed. The character of an individual is again 15

Loading...

Page Navigation
1 ... 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104