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KARMA AND REINCARNATION
universal Soul) having his mind completely purified and possessing faith in the revealed truth that he and the Divine Object of his devotion are in fact one in the self, he is not bound to return again to earth-life.
The results of bad Karmaz are: (1) The mind becomes more and more impure.
(2) Suffering in the nether region or hell during the period between the death and rebirth here.
(3) If the Karma is very bad, after suffering in the nether region, the thinker is made to take his birth in this world in the lower animal or vegetable kingdom as part of his punishment In some cases these lower births immediately follow the previous earth
life.
(4) After undergoing his sufferings in hell or as a sub-human Jiva, the thinker comes again to assume a human body. He is then placed amidst very unfavourable environments to his progress onwards. These bad environments or impediments to advancement are in consequence of his own previous errors and misdoings.
Mixed Karmas are partly bad and its results are:
(1) The mind becomes pure in certain respects and more impure in certain others.
(2) The thinker suffers for some time in hell, and enjoys for some time in the happy regions above.
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