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The Science of Karma
Dadashri: The karmas from the previous life were in the
form of a plan, as though designed on a piece of paper. Now
when it materializes and comes into fruition, it is called prarabdha
(fate). It may take so many years for it to mature, perhaps fifty,
seventy-five, even a hundred years.
So karmas that were bound in the previous life, may take
numerous years before they come into fruition. People generally
think that karmas are being bound when they are actually in the
process of coming into fruition or discharging.
If you slap someone, people would say that you have
bound karma. If you were to ask them what karma you bound,
they will tell you that it was the karma from the act of slapping.
Now, there is no doubt that the person you slapped is going to
react. He may not react straight away, but later on when he gets
the chance, he will take his revenge. People will then say you
finally received payment of your karma for slapping him. That
is called suffering the consequences here and now. But you
have to agree with what they say and tell them that they are
correct, even though they will not be able to tell you the reason
behind why the other person received the slap. They will not be
able to find the reason either. They will insist that you are the
one who did it, whereas it is the fruition of one’s karma that
makes a person do things. It is the effect of previously created
causes that makes you ‘do’ things.
Questioner: So the slap is the fruit of karma (effect),
and not the cause of karma itself, true?
Dadashri: Yes, it is the fruit of karma. It is your unfolding
karma that makes you slap him. What if the person you slapped
requests you to slap him again? You will not do it. There was
a reason for the first slap. You both had a pending karmic
account with one another, which ends there. Nothing happens
outside the realm of both your accounts. There is no need to
be afraid in the world. Do not lose sleep over it, but guard