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The Theory of Karma
What Is Karma and What Is Dharma in Vyavahar?
When two people interact and resolve their pending
accounts of karma with each other, it is called dharma.
Not to resolve a pending account amicably with anyone,
is karma (binding new karma).
If the vegetable dish is too salty, to eat it is dharma, and
to say, “Why did you make it so salty?” is karma.
The World Only Knows the Theory of Doership
Questioner: The theory of karma is not in Jainism, but
it is in the Gita, why is that?
Dadashri: The theory of karma has been accepted in
Jainism, as well as in other religions. Those who believe in ‘life
after death’, believe in the theory of karma.
Understand the theory of karma. All people look at, is
the ‘theory of doership’ of atma (worldly self). They have seen
the theory of “He insulted me; he is the ‘doer’”, but they have
not come across the theory which states that the other person’s
action is the result of the unfolding karma of the one being
insulted. Many people say, “My karmas are obstructing me”,
but they have not seen that theory. If they understood what
karma is, then there would be no grounds for accusing the other
person by saying, “Why did he do that to me?”
Because of karma, all living beings (jivas) are experiencing