Book Title: Law of Karma
Author(s): Nirmala Jha
Publisher: Capital Pubishing House Delhi

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________________ 68 Law of Karma can a man who is like the smallest drop describe him, who is a vast ocean. In the words of Madame Blavatsky, man who is praying, worships his own glorified self. Only he can pray truly, who has the conviction that God is within him. He who has not this conviction does not need to pray. In the views of Mahatma Gandhi, one needs only to remember God as a force among all the forces. All other forces are material but God is the vital force or spirit which is all pervading, all-embracing and therefore, beyond human reach. As Gandhiji was a believer in Gitā, he also believes in Personal God. Some natural aspects which are beyond the of man compelled Gandhiji to think about a Superman. The conception of such a God, which we may all “divine incarnation” in the language of Gītā, gives spiritual message to mankind. It is an eloquent expression of the law of spiritual world. God is looked upon as the saviour of world. According to Hindu mythology, whenever the forces of vice and wickedness are in the ascendancy, the representatives of the moral order, Indra, Brahma etc. along with Earth, which is said to suffer the most, go to the court of heaven and cry aloud for a world redeemer. The work of redemption is a constant activity, though on occasions it becomes accentuated. The normal self-manifestation of God becomes emphatic when the world order grows disproportionately evil. In the Bhagavadgītā, Krishna himself says : Paritrānāya Sädhūnām Vināśaya ca duskstām dharmasamsthāpanårthāya Sambhavāmi yuge-youge.? An Avatārā is a descent of God into man, and not an ascent of man into God. Though every conscious being is such a descent, it is only a vejled manifestation. There is a distinction between the divine and the same shrouded in ignorance. The human being is as good as an avatāra, if he crosses the veil of māyā and transcends his imperfections. The creator is not separated from his creatures. He is always

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