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motion whereby his future nature and career is moulded to some extent. And examination No common of the natural environments wherein the standard.
man is ushered into a physical existence, a study of the development of his form and physical constitution as well as his mental inclinations, the colouration of his thoughts and activities in the different spheres of life-all tend to show how he has to still bear the burden of Karma-pudgal of years and ages he passed through.
But others, remark, there is no common standard whereby we are to judge between good and evil, and act accordingly. What you think to be good to A might be bad to B. What is happiness to you might be a misery to me. What is deadly poison to you might prove a saving nector to me. Besides, we do not see the good accruing from good, and evil begetting evil, always and invariably. Very often the case appears to be reverse to what is generally interpreted according to the law of karma.
So think the impatient minds labouring under a regrettable short-sightedness to look through Nature, the permanent theater of
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