Why karma phala-s are not instantaneous

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praNAm prabhujis

Hare Krishna

 

This is a question asked by my friend. I request help from learned members

of this group.

 

why one has to *wait* to reap the fruit of his karma no

matter it is good or bad!!! For example, if someone cuts another's hand,

he should be punished *immediately* according to karma phala nyAya. One

should not wait many janmAs or many years to reap the fruit of his *pApa /

puNya

kArya-s*. If the karma phala is immediate, my friend thinks there will be

no

crimes, no cheating in the world due to *fear* of instant *shocks* &

*returns* from the karma being carried out. In addition, why one has to

carry prarabda karma & suffer coz. of it in subsequent janma-s, when swarga

& naraka are there to exhaust our punya/paapa karya phala.

 

I tried to answer him through prarabda karma, sanchita karma theories etc.

I've given him example that even a plant takes its own time to grow, we

cannot expect result immediately etc. Since he is not an atheist, finally I

had to take shelter under bhagavad iccha / leela etc. I could not answer

his questions convincingly from his level of understanding. I donot want

to drag him to the advaita zone with loukika & pAramArtika views :-))

 

Hari Hari Hari Bol!!!

bhaskar