Doctrine Of Karma

Author(s): Abhedananda Swami
Publisher: Ramkrishna Vedanta Math

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DOCTRINE OF KARMA
for it is the storehouse of energy. If we are without a body, we can do nothing on the physical plane. This body, furthermore, must be in good condition. If there is disease of any kind, it is unfit for right work. Second, there must be present the sense of the Ego as the doer or actor. We must be conscious of the T who feels the impulse to work and proceeds to follow that impulse. Third, we must have the instruments with which to work; these are many: there are the sense organs--the eyes, ears, nose, tongue, and sense of touch; the five instruments of physical work---the hands, feet, etc.; and the internal instrument, the brain or mind-substaince, with all its faculties—the power of will, cogitation, determination, memory. Fourth, we must have the desire or motive to work, and fifth, there must be some sort of environment. Without this last, senses, external instruments, and brain would avail us little. To hear a sound with our ears we must have the air; to see, there