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The Science of Karma
A Good Deed Cannot Negate A Bad Deed
Questioner: Is the suffering a net result of the addition
and subtraction of bad karma and good karma?
Dadashri: No. Addition and subtraction does not occur,
the deeds do not cancel each other out. This has been a rule
since the existence of this world. People would take advantage
of it if this were the case. The smart people would end up doing
a hundred good deeds and ten bad deeds, leaving ninety credits
of good deeds. Nature makes sure that both good and bad
deeds are experienced.
Questioner: Dada, is it true that when we do any kind
of charitable work like building a hospital, the fruit of the other
negative karmas we have done will be less intense?
Dadashri: No, it is not reduced. There is no subtraction
or addition in the account. New karmas are bound for the good
deeds, but one will have to suffer the consequences of harming
others. Otherwise all the calculating business-minded people
will subtract the bad karmas and keep the profit. It is not like
that. Natural law is exact. If you have done any harm, just even
once, its fruits will come. Two bad deeds will not be deducted
from a hundred good deeds. Both have to be suffered separately.
Questioner: So the fruits of these good karmas and the
bad karmas are separate?
Dadashri: The fruits of bad karmas will be bad and the
fruit of good karmas will be good. Nothing increases or
decreases. What kind of law prevails in nature? Say you do a
hundred dollars worth of good karma by donating to a charity,
but you also do five dollars worth bad karma by insulting
someone. The five dollars will become a debit in your account
and the good deed of a hundred dollars will become a credit.
The law is very precise.
If this were not so, then all the businessmen would credit-