it really confuses the people in or at least in the understanding of it because to say
somebody who's done bad was done bad to me he was prescribed to do bad so that person can never be
sinful because he's prescribed to do bad because I'm just reaping the result of my karma so then
how would why would he generally bad karma so that's the cool bit which you know we need to
sort of elaborate and sort of think bit more you see the said in the early question the way
Hinduism started was not looking for a court but trying to sort ourselves out what is going on and
they say the word was not even Dharma the world is Arita what is how look things operate in the first
thing Hindu discovered in this every very ancient discovery that objects and events have a habit of
kind of rolling forward in a particular manner you see they kind of combine in a particular manner
and things unfold so when certain things combined together certain results follow so we just observe
the Wallens here this happens I'm hungry I feed myself I don't feel hungry anymore simple as that
so the law of karma FLAC is simply observation of the world that we live in is said if you like
recognizing the world we inherit this is how the world operates and this is a very pure idea in
fact all the science is that we are so happy with this the world of science is nothing but following
the law of cause and effect certain things combined in a specific manner to produce specific
results this is all this is what science does it says when you do this when you drop it things fall
down let's go gravity or gravitational be a clever so just actually recognizing a pattern in the
universe that we live in the Hindus now elaborated this and called it the law of karma law of cause
and effect carrier Quran is central philosophy very ancient carrier Karen things follow in a
particular manner fine so far so good but just let me show at this I'm giving my personal take
on this very important question I'm giving you a personal take very special you see the idea
is very pure things have a habit of you know following through in a particular manner karmic
area Karen law of cause and effect marvelous now what we need to do is can we somehow use
this idea to make sure everybody behaves well and does good thing look good things can we use this
idea to make sure people behave well this is what we did so what we said is are no good things and
good things will follow do bad things and you get smacked you see now this is a very over simplistic
understanding of the law of cause and effect what you do is suppose definitely going to have some
bearing on what happens to you in the days to come but lot of other things add on in fact when you
analyze everything that we that has happened to us our own contribution was minimal it was trivial a
lot of other things were ganging up and adding up and subtracting and shifting us and pushing
us about this is the maturity of law karma but because we wanted to use it as a flow to control
people we said do good things good things will happen to you do bad things will you get you get
smacked I see there's a little mechanism somewhere keeping an eye or yes iup you know you you you hit
your system and nobody is watching but I'm going to hit you back wait wait when you are reborn
see so we devised if you like we try and over simplified a very complex phenomena called the
law is very complex so many things interact it's not linear is even so complex it's nonlinear so
things happen at the good habit of ganging up on itself and producing result backwards a positive
feedback so it's a very complex phenomena we turn it into a simple prescription saying behave well
good things will happen to you we know T you get thumped nice we may smile so do hope or Hindus but
everybody does it in other religion how they've done the same thing this idea of heaven and hell
you're a good boy you behaved well you follow the prescription you're going to heaven where
you go barbecue with God you've been a naughty man when you die you are the barbecue will roast you
forever you see this is the same thing look see so we may think all the Hindus have a soft clay
we don't have this eternal heaven or hell but you use the law of cause and effect to the stew
a similar forest in a similar manner so whenever you hear this my idea is this so the second part
of the question very relevant he said is there any freedom of will that we have because if everything
is fixed by law of cause and effect whatever I do can be blamed - what happened to me in the past
so how can I be taken a blame how can I contribute anymore this is where some IVA Khan comes into his
own he said my friend at every instant you feel you're the power to do what you want to do there's
something within you he doesn't say that I follow what I've been taught to do or what I've been
brought up to do I do which i think is right or wrong every instant of every moment every living
not only human being every living thing feels they have got some kind of handle on their own future
it puts you in charge even though you can whack I said no I'm going to do what I'll think is right
see when you've been brought up to believe in one particular way something within you said no I must
break free from that I try and do something that's why all these rebellious ideas we don't like to
follow if I like because how you been brought up means I'm going to leave like no they roll
break free it's not that they are a rebellion against any kind of any kind of constraints you
know this beauty of song you can see eating is a you know what's the aim of um human life you may
think Oh finding God nor the aim of human life is to look for freedom the spirit that is within us
does not like to be curtailed doesn't like to be shackled in this body and mind it is stirring up
so every moment is I am taking a decision this is my personal we might my free will the sign of free
will is the spirit even though you are already conditioned how you think your free will makes
you think no no I am thinking for myself not I'm not precondition even the opera continues no no I
am NOT that is cold spirit it doesn't like to be curtailed doesn't like to be shackled even in the
way it has been brought up it always rebelling so every time you see an individual you know standing
up against Authority it is a spirit in fact the English word is that's the spirit that's precisely
what it is that's the spirit it is always fighting constraints it is always fighting restriction
always trying to break free from every limitation including the limitation of law karma the cause
and effect is bind there isn't like it it tries to break free every ins and so as it might my
best advice to the Indians of the Hindus looking at this program is please do not interpret the
law of karma in this over simplistic very foolish manner saying oh I must have done bad things or
bad things happen to me my friend that is just to kind of for children for kindergarten keep them
in line so they'd be here well in reality lot of things gang up where you are no control so when
things bad happen to you say okay I roll up my still sold it out don't blame your car - cetera
we have a contribution to make to what happens to us in the future but our contribution when
you really analyze is always very small but it's very small but it's important it shows a spirit