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and do not have the idea ‘I am the doer’, the consequences of your good or bad

actions will not affect you. Why do you say about the actions the body performs

‘I do this’ or ‘I did that’? As long as you identify yourself with the body like

that you are affected by the consequences of the actions, that is to say, while

you identify with the body you accumulate good and bad Karma. Questioner: But

since I am not the body I am not really responsible for the consequences of good

or bad actions.

'Times New Roman'"> Sri Ramana Maharshi: If you are not, why do you bother

about the question? Questioner: In some places it is stated that human effort

is the source of all strength and that it can even transcend Karma. In others it

is said that it is all divine grace. It is not clear which of them is correct.

0cm"> Sri Ramana Maharshi: Yes, some schools of philosophy say that there is no

God other than Karma of the previous birth, that is Karma done in the present

birth in accordance with the scriptures is known as Purushkara (human effort),

that the previous and present Karmas meet for a head-on fight like rams and

that the one that is weaker gets eliminated. That is why these people say that

one should strengthen Purushkara. If you ask such people what the origin of

Karma is, they say that such a question is not to be raised as it is like the

eternal question, ‘Which is earlier, the seed or the tree?’

0cm">Debates such as this are mere arguments, which can never arrive at the

final truth. That is why I say first find out who you are. If one asks, ‘Who am

I? How did I get this Dosha (fault) of life?’, the ‘I’ will subside and one will

realise the Self. If one does this properly the idea of Dosha will be eliminated

and peace will be obtained. Why even obtained? The Self remains as it is. The

essence of Karma is to know the truth of oneself by enquiring ‘Who am I, the

doer, who begins to do Karmas?’ Unless the doer of Karmas, the ego, is

annihilated through enquiry, the perfect peace of supreme bliss, which is the

result of Karma Yoga, cannot be achieved.

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