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UNIVERSAL LAWS
duties. Watch every thought, word and action. Go to the root and purify the thoughts first Prayer, Japa, meditation, study of philosophical books, pure food, Vichara and Satsang will purify your mind and eradicate ignoble and wicked thoughts. Observe the vow of silence, you will then be able to control your speech. Practise Yama and Niyama, Ahimsa, Satyam, Asteyam, Brahmacharya and Aparigraha Develop Sattwic qualities. Slowly eiadicate negative qualities. By these practices you will not be able to do any wrong action The force of Sattwic habits will goad you on to do virtuous actions only.
Orthodox Christians and theologians believe that God settles and fixes the destiny of a man before his birth. 3 his not logical and tenable. The hypothesis falls to the ground on account of its unsound nature Man becomes like a piece of straw that is tossed about hither and thither in the wind He has no independence and freedom. This makes God partial, unjust and whimsical. The moral responsibility and liberty of a man are destroyed. The man becomes lıke a prisoner whose hands and legs are tied with chains. Why should God make one happy and another unhappy? Is He so whimsical and eccentric? Why should one get His Grace before he is born? Is he so biased? If God is all-merciful why can He not make all equally noble, virtuous, happy, good, moral and spiritual? Why is one born blind? Why should a sinner be responsible for his actions? Is he pre
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