J.Krihnamurthi on Karma

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Dear Friends,

The following excerpts from J.Krishnamurthi

contain, to my understanding, profound thoughts, Krishnamurthi pinpointing the

truth of the homosapiens not being some fixed entities subject to determinsm,

but have immense possibility for freedom. I find some parallel in this to

Bhaghavn' statement that freedom is available only for the self, for the

self-enquiry and not for the indiviual.

with kind regards

sankarraman

 

What Do You Mean by Karma?

 

 

 

Karma implies, does it not, cause and effect—action based on cause, producing a

certain effect; action born out of conditioning, producing further results. So

karma implies cause and effect. And are cause and effect static, are cause and

effect ever fixed? Does not effect become cause also? So there is no fixed cause

or fixed effect. Today is a result of yesterday, is it not? Today is the outcome

of yesterday, chronologically as well as psychologically; and today is the cause

of tomorrow. So cause is effect, and effect becomes cause—it is one continuous

movement… there is no fixed cause or fixed effect. If there were a fixed cause

and a fixed effect, there would be specialization; and is not specialization

death? Any species that specializes obviously comes to an end. The greatness of

man is that he cannot specialize. He may specialize technically, but in

structure he cannot specialize. An acorn seed is specialized—it cannot be

anything but what it is. But the human being does not

end completely. There is the possibility of constant renewal; he is not limited

by specialization. As long as we regard the cause, the background, the

conditioning, as unrelated to the effect, there must be conflict between thought

and the background. So the problem is much more complex than whether to believe

in reincarnation or not, because the question is how to act, not whether you

believe in reincarnation or in karma. That is absolutely irrelevant.

 

 

 

The Book of Life - November 20

 

 

 

 

 

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