Law of Karma

Author(s): Nirmala Jha
Publisher: Capital Pubishing House Delhi

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About The Book
This book is an attempt to analyse the view of some eminent contemporary Indian thinkers with regard to the Law of Karma, which has been accepted as one of the dominating factor not only in the development of ancient Indian Philosophy, but also the contemporary Indian thought. Shri Aurobindo, Mahatma Gandhi, Swami Vivekananda and Dr. S. Radhakrishnan are the main representatives of contemporary Indian thought.
Shri Aurobindo believes that a man reapes what he sows but novelty lies in his thought that this law is not the only determining factor of the unverse. For him, soul is spiritual and as such it itself determines its own evolution. The Law of Karma is only one of the processes that is uses for the purpose.
Mahatma Gandhi, unlike other thinkers, believes not only in its moral aspect but also in its metaphysical aspect. For him man is the maker of his own destiny and such realisation creates a sense of responsibility in him.
According to Swami Vivekananda actions produce tendencies or sanskaras which determine our future nature, Freedom, which is the real nature of man, means self-determination. Everyman creates his future by his own deeds
Dr. S. Radhakrishnan says that the Law of Karma acts as a link between the past, present and future life of a man. The piesent life is an outcome of his past life and the future life will be in accordance with the present life. But a man is free to act in his present life, which creates his future life. Hence man is the maker of his own destiny.
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