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Do you think mankind has a freewill? Is everything predefined or do we have the chance to control our life and this world? What if ...

Posted by lebenlechzer 3 years ago

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The Hinduism has the concept of Karma. For every action,

there is an equal and opposite reaction. If this is written
in English, it becomes Newton's Law. If this is written in
Sanskrit, it becomes the law of Karma. The Karma of past
life decides the freedom of a person in the present life. It
is some thing like 'as you sow as you reap'.

Let us suppose you are on a small boat in an ocean. You know
how to row the boat, but you do not know how to swim. Your
freedom of movement is limited to the area of the small
boat. If it is a big boat, your freedom will be more. If it
is a ship, your freedom will be a lot more.

The Karma theory says that even though you are born with
limitations, imposed by your own actions of past life, you
certainly have some freedom. This freedom is a
multi-dimensional parameter. You enjoy good freedom in one
aspect of life, but your freedom is limited in other aspects
of life.

I will give an example for this. Let us take the case of a
Sanskrit linguistic scholar. Most of such people in India go
through traditional training and will not learn any foreign
languages. Such a scholar will be very proficient in
linguistic matters. If he wants to know what other people of
the world think about his own subject, he will have
limitations of language.

Even with the present level of freedom, some persons are
causing wraths and holocausts in the world. If humans are
allowed more freedom by the Almighty, you can imagine what
the world will be.

Posted 3 years ago

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