Science of Karma

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

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anything by doing so. Instead you will go to lower life form. People have no idea about the type of life form in store for them, so they remain callous. If they were told that in their next life they will acquire four legs and a tail (animal life) they would shape up right away.
Questioner: Whose karma is worse, the husband's or the wife's when they fight with one another?
Dadashri: The one who suffers more. Who will give up the fight?
Questioner: Neither of them will. They will simply carry on fighting.
Dadashri: Then they both have bad karmas. It all happens out of ignorance.
Questioner: If there is understanding then there is no suffering, right?
Dadashri: There is no suffering at all, if they understand. If a child were to throw a stone at you, you would be furious and chase him, would you not? But whom would you get angry with if a stone were to fall on you and hurt you badly? Who would you quarrel with?
One gets the fruit of the tree one plants. In the same way, the consequence of the karma one has to suffer depends on the type of karma that was bound in the first place. If you hurt someone, that person will bear a grudge against you and will vow to take revenge when the opportunity arises. People will take revenge, so do not do any karma that make people unhappy. If it is happiness that you seek, then you must give happiness and not sorrow to others.
What should you do if someone insults you? Just accept it. He is merely returning what you gave in the past life. If you want more of the abuse, then retaliate, but understand that when it is returned, you will not be able to bear it. So accept whatever comes to you.
There is no injustice in this world. This world has not been unjust, even for a second. That is why nobody will bother you if you stay within your limits. Accept whatever comes your way as your past account, and that is the settlement.
Discord Is Not Karma Effect It can only be said that you truly understand when there is no discord in the home. There are no arguments and no difference of opinions. Discord is rampant nowadays. How can you call that living? Even primitive people live better lives than that.
Questioner: But isn't discord bound to happen because of one's unfolding of effect karma?
Dadashri: No, discord does not occur because of effect karma. It arises because of ignorance. Whenever discord occurs, new seeds of karma are being sown. Effect karma does not contain discord. It is because of ignorance that one does not know how to conduct oneself, so discord is brought on.
Questioner: With no one.
Dadashri: Similarly, when someone hits you, he or she is just an 'instrument'. It is only because one does not have this awareness, that one becomes upset. There would be no suffering if one were to understand the role of an instrument' (nimit).
Receive Happiness By Giving Happiness If you plant a cactus, you cannot expect it to bear mangoes.