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pain causing Ashata karma would also not have shown
its fruits.

ii) The second type of karmas do not require any cause
to come into action and show their fruits. e.g. in spite
of living a healthy life, sometimes you are prey to some
dreadful disease or at times a reputed man has to face

sudden dishonour. In his last birth, Lord Mahavira
had to bear the consequences of the Neech Gotrakarma.
This karma did not require any cause to come into
action. Lord Mahavira had to stay in a Brahmin’s Wife
- Devananda’s womb. Why? Not because of his destiny
but because of the previous inauspicious karmas.

Thus, the factors like Mithatva, etc. stated earlier cause karmic
bondage and the effect of previous karmas, is responsible for

the various results we get. Here, destiny is not held responsible.
Without understanding this, isn’t it foolishness to consider
destiny as the whole and sole reason?

Isn’t destiny responsible for the various emotions of
love and hatred that we undergo?

Not destiny but the inappropriate scenes and songs, memories
and movies, thoughts and words, food and fashion, are the
cause of such varied feelings. Thus stop exercising and getting

involved in the above activities and then mark the drastic
reduction in your level of attachment, hatred, etc.

Instead, it is my destiny that I succumb to blind love, hatred,
lust, anger, greed, etc.! Is this ignorance or something else?

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