Science of Karma

Author(s): Dada Bhagwan
Publisher: Dada Bhagwan Foundation

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The Science of Karma
The Science of Karma
Questioner: Chandubhai. Dadashri: Are you really Chandubhai?
Questioner: What else can I say? It is whatever everyone thinks is correct.
Dadashri: Then you really are Chandubhai, are you not? Are you not sure of that? You say, "My name is Chandubhai".
Questioner: I am sure.
Dadashri: You say, "My name is Chandubhai," not "I am Chandubhai" Then are you really Chandubhai, or are you something else?
Questioner: That is true that we are something different. That is a known fact.
Dadashri: No. 'Chandubhai' is a means to identify this body. You know that 'Chandubhai' is the name for this body, but *who are you?' Should you not know that?
Questioner: Yes indeed l ought to. I should make an effort to find out.
sleep, because you go to sleep believing that you are Chandubhai. The Lord says that the biggest karma of all is to shove the Self in a sack before sleeping, with the belief that, 'I am Chandulal."
Doer Ship Binds Karma Questioner: How is a karma bound? Would you please explain that further?
Dadashri: I will explain to you how karma is bound. You are not doing any karma and yet you believe that you are doing it, and so you remain bound. Even God is not the doer. If he were, then he too would be bound by karma. Neither you nor God is the doer. You believe that you are the doer, and therefore you bind karmas.
When you pass your exams, you say, 'I passed!' yet, there is another force that prevails behind the success. To believe, 'I did it!' is the false imposition, and that is why you bind karma.
Even Vedanta Accepts God As Non-doer
Dadashri: So in essence what you are doing, is taking advantage of everything in Chandubhai's' name. You claim to be Chandubhai when all along you are not. Under the name of Chandubhai, you are enjoying all the advantages: 'I am this lady's husband', 'I am his uncle' etc... and consequently, binding endless karmas, through these false beliefs.
As long as you are under the influence of this false imposition, you are binding karma. When, the question "Who am I?' is resolved, you will no longer bind karmas.
At the present time you are binding karma, even in your
Questioner: So if everything happens because of some other power, then it would not matter whether one steals or gives to charity.
Dadashri: Yes, you can say that both are the same, but people do not keep them as such. Those that give to charity bind karma because they walk around with inflated egos. The thief too, binds karma when he says, 'No one will ever catch me!' Nothing will touch you, as long as you do not hold the belief: 'I did it'.
Questioner: In the initial stage there is a belief that God is the doer. Going further, the Vedas hold that God is not the doer. And the Upanishads say the same. God is not the doer, everyone