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spite of all tremendous human efforts, the desired results are not achieved. Some attribute this result to the freaks of destiny or Fatalism. But it is not so. The Jain theory of Karma is not the theory of Fatalisın. The theory of Fatalism implies that the human being is tied down to some one and bound down by the force of something outside himself. The law of moral causation (Doctrine of Karma) gives rewards and punishments. A man suffers or enjoys, the consequences of his own actions, and the sense of Fatalism comes in, only when we overlook the element of choice. The causes of disaster are consciously and deliberately avoided by those who wish to remove the impurities from their souls. Consequently a man should diligently apply himself to the cultivation of his reason and then investigate into the works of Karmas, by setting his heart to acts, according to the dictates of holy texts and then exert him self to gain his desired ends.
