Countless unimaginable and unexpected events have been known from television and newspapers, such as 400 people died in a plane crash, huge bomb blast, fire, earthquake, death of thousands in tornadoes! Countless died in accidents or died of disease or right after birth. So many committed suicides through hunger while preachers were caught in dark scandals. At the same time, evolved souls of saints, devotees, and Gnani (Self Realised) are engrossed in the bliss of Self (nijananda). When the scandals from Delhi are brought to light, such news creates a big question mark (?) in the heart of human beings “what is the mystery?” Is there any hidden mystery behind all these? Why the baby was born disabled? It does not console the heart despite the churning and melting of heart. At the end, it creates profound silence in the minds due to non-resolution and non-understanding of the exact nature of karma.. What are these karmas even though we call them “Karma”? How does one bind or accumulate them (karmas)? What is the beginning? Which was the very first karma, which was performed? How can one be liberated from karma? Can one avoid the experiencing from karma? Is God the doer of the karma or the instigator behind them? What is after death? Who binds all these karmas? Who experiences these karmas? Atma (Soul ) or the physical body?

What do our people call karma? Going to work, performing meritorious deeds, charity, religious activities are called karmas by people. However, the Self Realized call them as karmaphala (resultant karma) instead of karma. The gross karmas, which can be seen and experienced by five senses, are all karmaphala or the discharge karmas. Whatever was charged in the past life is being This in turn can give some final result that is effect of effect and may end up having dysentery and become sick. That is kriyamana (exhausted resultant) karma.

Param Pujya Dadashri has indicated the vyavasthit shakti includes the principles of karma. Karma is only a small fraction of Vyavasthit. Karma does not include the total process of Vyavasthit. Karma belongs to vyavasthit but vyavasthit does not belong to karma. Karmas are carried in a subtle form as seeds from the past life. However, it does not end there. When the karma starts producing fruits, i.e., trees are born from the seeds so many circumstances are required until the fruits are ripened. The seed becomes a mango tree and then one can get mango fruits. In this process other than the seed (karma) many other evidences are necessary e.g. soil, water, fertilizer, heat, sunshine and time. Dadashri has explained this beautifully that these are fruits of karma. The seeds of karma are active at the very subtle level.

Many people question that how did we bind the first karma? Is body first or karma first? Is it egg or the chicken first? It is all about the same. In reality, there is no such thing as the first karma in the world. Karma and Atma exist throughout the time without beginning or end that is perpetually. What we call karmas are charged atoms. Atma is the living or conscious tattva. Both tattvas atma and matter) are always separate. Tattva means eternal and ever-existing element. How can there be any beginning to what is eternal? This is simply so because of the union of living and nonliving (jada and chetan) that all karma are charged. This is the seed karma (cause, charge karma) which results in fruit of karma effect, discharge karma) in the next life. Karma brings about circumstances whose nature is to end in time. Union is followed by separation. Thus, the circumstance come and go, giving rise to various stages of existence and events. When the wrong belief karmas. That is the ultimate essence of dharma.

~ Srimad Rajchandra.

When one identifies that “I am Chandulal” it is called jiva dasha – embodied soul. When he becomes aware of the Gnana that I am not Chandulal but I am suddha Atma in reality, then it is called Shiva pada. He himself is Shiva. Atma is paramatma whose natural swabhava is devoid of all the mundane actions. Atma by nature has no doer ship. He is called Gnani who is incessantly aware that I am self and I am not doer of anything. Thus, he binds no new karmas. The old discharge karmas matures, gives fruits and gets exhausted. The seeds of karmas are sown in the past life and gives the fruits in this life. Who gives the fruits of these karmas? God? No. It is given by nature which is called scientific circumstantial evidences – vyavasthit shakti by Parampujya Shri Dadashri. The charged one is discharged naturally and involuntarily. Due to ignorance, while experiencing the karmas, it creates raga-dwesha and likes-dislikes. That creates new seeds for karma, which matures in next life and has to be endured. Gnanis prevent from creating new seeds of karmas. When complete exhaustion of all the karmas leads to the final attainment of moksha. When some one insults you or causes damage to you, it is all due to scientific circumstantial evidence. The person is only an instrument and not at fault. How can the action originate without any cause? He himself has accumulated the cause karmas of receiving insults, which results as effect in the end when all the visible circumstances are met. Only seeds cannot ripen into fruits.