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KARMA
Consider with ine that the individual existence is a rope which stretches from the infinite to the infinite, and has no end and no commencement, neither is it capable of being broken. This rope is formed of innumerable fine thruads, which, lying closely together, form its thickness. These threads are colourless, are perfect in their qualities. of straightness, strength, and. levelness. This rope, passing as it does through all places, suffers strange accidents. Very often a thread is caught and becomes attached, or perhaps is only violently pulled away from its even way. Then for a great time it is disordered and it disorders tae whole. Some imes one is stained with dirt or with colour, and
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