Book Title: Jainism in Nutshell
Author(s): Kirtichandrasuri
Publisher: Sumatibhai M Shah

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________________ IV KARMA (Law of causation) With what oddities and eccentricities does this world appear to be filled up? One is a prince, while another is a pauper; one is happy, while another is miserable, one is healthy while another is diseased; one is black, while another is white; one is stout, while another is lean; one is a master while another is a slave; one is an idiot, while another is intelligent. Similarly one finds the high and the low the mutilated and the lame, the blind and the deaf, the handsome and the ugly. Why all these oddities? One will have to admit and say that behind all this, some powerful force is at work whereby this world appears to be full of such oddities. This force is called 'Karma'. We are unable to perceive Karma by our naked eyes. Yet we are able to know it from its actions. At one time people used to say that Hitler could never be defeated. In all the four directions drums announcing his invincibility were beaten. Even so, now there is no Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com

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