8 The Science of Karma
believe in the principle of reincarnation cannot believe that God created the world. What is reincarnation based on? It is based on the concept,“ I am the doer and I am the sufferer. I am reaping the fruits of my own karma. God does not interfere in this!”
Questioner: Up until now, I used to think that God was responsible for all this.
Dadashri: No. The responsibility is your own. You are wholly and solely responsible. When a person gets shot, he is suffering the effect of his past life’ s karma. The person who does the shooting will suffer when his karma is ready to give fruits.
It is just like a mango. You will not be able to extract any juice out of the mango the day you buy it. You can only do that when it ripens. Similarly, the time has to be just right for the person to receive the bullet. The fact that the bullet is received means that the fruit has ripened and the juice has come out. The one who shot the bullet, his fruit is now small and is growing and will ripen in time. Thereafter the juice will come out( the result of karma).
Who Is Bound: Body Or Soul? Questioner: Now, is it the body or the soul that is bound?
Dadashri: The body itself is karma, so how can it have any other bondage? He, who feels that he is not free, is bound. Who suffers imprisonment, the prison or the prisoner? So this body is the prison, and the one within, is bound. The one who believes,“ I am bound, I am this body, I am Chandubhai,” is the one who is bound.
Questioner: Do you mean to say that the soul binds( charges) and discharges karma through the body?
Dadashri: No, it is not like that. The soul is absolutely not involved in this. In fact the soul is free; it is independent. It