Tuesday, July 17, 2007

LAW OF KARMA.

It is said that a intelligent person learns from his own mistakes , but a truly wise person learns from the mistakes of others. But in todays world to find a person who learns from his mistakes are rare, so how can we expect any wise people. Learning from ones mistakes is an art which needs to be developed as a habit in one self, once this art is mastered , then a person can become wise and try to learn from the mistakes committed by others. TO learn from once mistake one has to identify their mistake, but due to false ego and civilizationf on "me" and "mine" everyone has become so blind that no body is ready to admit their mistakes sincerely with a view to improve them, rather it is considered heroic and brave to try to blame others for everything that is wrong and force the other person for all that is went wrong with any relation or any dealing.

This practice is very dangerous since people have forgotten the most important law that binds all the living entities to their actions. This law is evident and can be seen in every facet of life. This law is the law for karma(work). It is most commonly know by the phrase "As you sow , so you reap".
Karma is defined as a action of a living entity which is done own his own accord to satisfy his desires . If the act is good the result will be good , but it if the action is bad it will have bad effects, and all these effects will have to be borne by the living entity in this of future lives.

Just like any government in the world is governed by the particular laws for a proper functioning of the country , similarly , the greatest government (universe) is governed by the law of karma.

Law of karma explains for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. What every actions which are caused by the living entity will be borne by the living entity alone.
Bhagvat Gita says ,
karmani yevadikaraste
ma phaleshu kadacana
ma karma phal hetur bhur
ma te sanga steva akarmani.

It means, that the living entities are entitled to carry out their prescribed duties , but are not entitled to the fruits of these activities at any time, since the living entity did not cause the results of these activities , and this should not be the reason for the inaction.

So as per the above sloka , it is clear that , living entity is only a medium to perform the actions through mind and body for the satisfaction of the Supreme Lord. He is the one who gives us the respective duties and , He is the one who causes the results of such activities, the energy to carry out the prescribed duty is also supplied by him, hence , there is no reason for a living entity to claim the results of activities which it has not perform. But this should not be the reason for inaction on the part of the living entity. As explained in the sloka next to this, that it is impossible for the living entity to sit ideal without doing any action.

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