Power of Karma

Author(s): Alexander Cannon
Publisher: Rider and Co

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KARMA instruction on many points of Eastem beliefs and knowledge, and especially on the subject of Karma. As the original article to which I refer is out of print, I have asked permission to reproduce part of it for the benefit of my correspondents and readers. Dr. Hensoldt made a long journey to Kashmir from Ceylon, and had great difficulty in finding the Adept, who lived in the seclusion of a remote mountain valley. On his arrival Coomra Sami welcomed him as follows :
“You are the white Munshi from Lanka (Ceylon).”
“The country of my birth lies farther west," Hensoldt replied, “but I lived two years in Ceylon.” Coomra Sami nodded twice, and after an embarrassing pause, said: “Yes, your home is in Frankistan, but the Devas guided you, and you came as a pilgrim to the sacred island."
"Not as a pilgrim," the Doctor protested. “My voyage to Ceylon had no religious background.”
He then took pains to explain to the recluse that, previous to his departure from Europe he had not even been aware of the fact that Ceylon was holy land ; that he was a student of philosophy and natural science, who had