Doctrine Of Karma

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

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SECRET OF KARMA
not perform any act which may infringe upon those rights. We must not injure our neighbour, since we do not wish to be injured by him; and at the same time we must remember that our motive in working is not to get some return, but to pay off the debt which we owe to the world. By being good members of the family, and by bringing up our children in the right way, we pay our debt to parents and forefathers. By studying the works of great men and by learning all the wisdom which has been gathered by the wise ones, we cancel our debt to them; while we daily pay our debt to our spiritual teachers by following their example and precepts, and by helping mankind in the path of spiritual progress
In India every individual life is divided into four periods, each of which is fixed for paying off debts to some portion of the world --to parents, society, spiritual teachers, or to our own higher Self. The debt which we owe to this higher Self, can be paid by realizing
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