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The Science of Karma
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Questioner: Yes, the fruits of the karmas that were bound
have to be experienced.
Dadashri: As long as you are binding karmas, there will
always be a next birth for you. If you bind karmas, you will
have to experience the effects in the next life, but doesn’t the
fact that Lord Mahavir did not have to take another birth,
proves that there has to be a way where despite doing daily
activities, no new karmas are bound?
Questioner: There must be.
Dadashri: Do you ever wish for a state where no new
karma is bound? There is a science where despite doing daily
activities of life, no new karmas are bound. When you know
that science you will be liberated.
Ignorance Is The Obstruction, Not The Karma
Questioner: Is it because of the fruit of our karmas that
we attain this life?
Dadashri: Yes, this whole life has to be spent experiencing
the fruits of past karmas. New karmas are caused by raag-
dwesh (attachment-abhorrence). If you do not have attachment
or abhorrence there is no new karma.
There is no problem with the karma effect. Karmas will
have their effects as long as this body exists. The problem is
with attachment and abhorrence. The fully Enlightened Ones tell
you to live your life without attachment and abhorrence.
Whatever activity you do in this life has no value. Only
when attachment and abhorrence occur a new karma is bound.
You are not responsible if attachment or abhorrence do not occur.
From birth to death, this body is an effect. Only the
attachment and abhorrence are what binds the account. That is
why the Vitarags (the fully enlightened Ones) tell us to become
Vitarag and be liberated.