The Law of Karma

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The Law of Karma:

A sub-judge, who was convicted of corruption, went to Baba for

blessings and for success in his appeal against the conviction.

Baba to him: " What you sow, you reap. What you

give, you get. Sow Margosa and reap afterwards Margosa. Cut off that tree. "

 

Poorva Karma: (Delia Prarabdha)

Baba: What you can account for, as the result

of your present effort is the result of present Karma. What you cannot thus

trace, is due to your past Karma. Results accrue differently to two persons

doing the same acts; that difference may be put down to the difference in their

poorva karma.

 

In explicability or unforeseen and unbreakable results may

disappear in view of Poorva Karma. So do not go on

exulting or dejected. Nor should you blame others. Recognize the existence of

the Moral law as governing results. Therefore unswervingly follow the Moral

Law. If you do not get the fruits or results of your actions now, they will

come in later births. As for the vasanas, the Moral

Law is inexorable and evident. So by following and observing the Moral Law, you

reach your goal-God, the perfection of the Moral Law.

 

Death:

Baba to Appa Kulkarni's

wife: Why do you grieve? Men are born to die. One day each one of

us will die. Death and life are manifestations of God's activity. You cannot

separate the two. God permeates all. In act none is born. None dies. See with

your inner eye. Then you realise that you are God,

and not different from Him. Like worn out garment, the body is cast away by

God.

 

Gain and Loss, Birth and Death, are in the hands of God. How blindly

do these people forget God; Look after life, just so long as it lasts. When

death arrives do not be grieved.

 

The wise.ones does not grieve for death;

the foolish ones do behold! The five pranas were lent

for use till now. Now the Lender claims back His own;

and they are returned, air goes back to air, fire to fire. Each one of the five

elements thus goes back to its place. The body is made up of earth. See, really

they are the same. Therefore its return to earth is not a thing to bemoan.

 

Birth:

Birth also is similarly to be dealt with. Do not be jubilating

over a birth. This is the process of creation (and goes on from the beginning).

Be not moved by it. The earth bears seeds. Clouds drop their rain on them. The

sun sends its rays and makes them sprout.

 

You should be unaffected like these. If you are, whence can sorrow

come to you? Mukthi is this absence of sorrow.

 

Baba's mandate to his devotees:

 

You

cast your burdens on me.

In

the abode of my devotees, there will be no dearth of food and clothing.

You

devotees are my children. I am your father. You have to get everything

from me. So you need not be anxious. I take all care of you. I will not

allow my devotees to come to harm. I have to take thought for my devotees.

I will not let my devotee fall.

 

(An Anthology compiled from Sri Sai

Baba's Charters & Sayings)