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The Science of Karma
bhaavs from the past life and as a result has dysentery in this
life. Is this all a discharge?
Dadashri: Going to restaurant and having dysentery are
both discharge. The discharge is in nobody’s hands. It is out of
one’s control.
If a person understands the theory of karma exactly, then
he will be able to understand the way to liberation. What people
call karma, the theory of karma, calls effect. People simply have
no idea of cause karma. The theory of karma is that the ‘cause’
is when the karma was charged. It is not visible. All that is
visible is the effect of karma. A man eats at a restaurant, as a
result of the cause from his past life. Eating in the restaurant is
the effect (fruit) of the karma. According to the theory of karma,
the dysentery is the effect of the effect. The cause of the effect
was created in the past life. Going to the restaurant is an effect.
Dysentery is the effect of the effect.
He creates a new karma while enjoying the food at the
restaurant, and he creates another while suffering the dysentery.
So in essence he creates two new karmas, one while he is
experiencing the results of past karma, and the other while
experiencing the effect of effect.
Do Karmas Created Unintentionally
Yield Their Effects?
Questioner: How much liability is there in karmas created
intentionally and unintentionally? Can mistakes made
inadvertently, be forgiven?
Dadashri: There is no one crazy enough to forgive you
if you unknowingly kill someone. What would happen if your
hand accidentally falls on burning charcoal?
Questioner: It would get scorched.
Dadashri: Instant effect. Whether you do it knowingly
or unknowingly.