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PRACTICE OF KARMA YOGA
harmony with the law of cause and effect.
A close study of this law gives encouragement to the man who has lost hope, and to the desperate and ailing Destiny is created by man's thoughts, habits and character. There is every chance of his correction and improvement by changing his thoughts and his habits. The scoundrel can become a saint, the prostitute can become a chaste lady, a beggar can become a king. This mighty law provides for all this. The Law of Karma only can explain beautifully the inequalities of this world, such as why one man is rich while another is poor, why one is wicked while another is a saint, one is very dull while another is a genius or a versatile prodigy, one is born decrepit while another is strong and healthy, etc. How can you explain these inequalities? It is all Karma. God can never be unjust or partial.
This world is a relative plane It contains good, evii, and a mixture of good and evil. That is the reason why Lord Krishna says in the Gita. Anishtamıshtam misram cha trivedham karmanah
phalam. "Good, evil and mixed-threefold is the fruit of action hereafter for the non-relinquisher." Chapter: XVIII-12.
There can be neither absolute good nor absolute evil in this world. That which gives you comfort and pleasure, that which is beneficial to you, to the world
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