Science of Karma

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

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The Science of Karma
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king at the age of thirty, who also reigns for six years before being replaced. Of the two, which one is able to enjoy the fruit of his karma the most? They both ruled for six years.
Questioner: The older one.
Dadashri: Because he had knowingly bound good karmas, he enjoyed its fruits with awareness. While the child king, enjoyed the fruit of his karma without awareness. Similarly if you create good or bad karmas unintentionally, you will enjoy their fruits without awareness also. Do you understand that?
I will give you another example. Two friends are walking along and one of them accidentally steps on a cockroach and kills it while the other deliberately steps on another cockroach and crushes it to death. Now what did both the men do?
Questioner: Killed the cockroaches.
Dadashri: According to the laws of nature, they are both killers. Their crimes are the same: Both are guilty of killing, but their methods were different. What consequences will both of them face? They will face an insult and couple of slaps on the face. The one who killed accidentally will come across someone who will insult him and slap him, but because he is born in a lower social status, he will not suffer the insult for too long, whereas the other one being born into a very prestigious family will receive the same kind of slaps and insult, but he suffers so much that he loses sleep for days. The duration of his suffering is considerably longer. So whatever you do, you must do it with the understanding that you are responsible for all your actions. "You are whole and sole responsible. God is not responsible at all!"
Effect Has To Be Experienced Questioner: It is our own karma that impedes us.
Dadashri: Who else's then? No one else is responsible. It is your own karma that bothers you. If your wife who is normal and intelligent becomes insane all of a sudden, whom can we blame? She turns insane as a result of the timing for your own karma coming into fruition. So you should realize this and accept that it is your own account. You should tell yourself that you should settle your past accounts now. You have no choice but to experience them. I too have to experience effect karma, everyone has to, and even Lord Mahavir had to. The demigods used to harass Lord Mahavir. When the Lord was meditating they would throw insects and bedbugs on him.
Questioner: Was it not his effect karma that he had to suffer?
Dadashri: There was no way out. He understood that whatever the demigods were doing was after all, his own effect karma.
Which Karma Cause the Body to Suffer?
Questioner: What kinds of karma are responsible for causing diseases in a body?
Dadashri: Why does a person become deaf or dumb? In his previous life he misused his ears. If you were to misuse your eyes, you too will lose them. And if you misused your tongue, it too will go! You will lose the support of your legs if you misuse them. Therefore, you have to pay for whatever you misuse.
Why Must Innocent Children Suffer?
Questioner: We often see children that are crippled from birth. Some are killed in disasters. What sort of paap (bad karma) could these children have possibly done to suffer such a fate?