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Doctrine of Karma
probability, but an ordered energy that leads us towards the fulfilment of our goal of self-realisation. Karma theory is an explanation of the moral justice of the universe. "It satisfied my sense of justice and threw light on the problem of unmerited suffering.47 Judged by the historic standards, karma theory does much to raise man's status and to 'wean him from coaxing fods through sacrifice and prayer. It insisted on individual expiation and emphasised the moral continuity of life, here and hereafter'.48 It is in fact a striking answer to the fathomless injustice to the nature of things".40
REFERENCES
1. Omar Khayyam - Rubaiyat XXVIII.
2. Glassenapp: Immortality and Salvation in Indian Religions pp. 25.
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3. Visēşavasyakabhāṣya: Gaṇadharavada 1611-12 and commentary.
4. Cave (sedney): Living Religions of the East: Page-31.
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5. Jung (C.J.): Essays in Analytical Psychology: (Personal and Collective or Transcendental Unconscious) Page-76 Foot-note. Radhakrishnan (S): Indian Philosophy - Vol. I-1941 pages 109 & 110.
7. Glassenapp : The Doctrine of Karma in Jaina Philosophy Preface to the German Edition.
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8. Ninian Smart: Doctrine & Argument in Indian Philosophy (Allen Unwin) 1964 page-163.
9. Sanyasa Upanisad: ii. 18, (Karmana badhyate jantuḥ).
10. Br. Upanisads: iii. 2, 13.
11. Abhidhamma Kosa bhasa: iii. 24.
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