Karma, Fate, Destiny or Desire

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12.0pt;font-family:"Times CE Sanskrit"">Dear List,

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12.0pt;font-family:"Times CE Sanskrit"">I have the usual habit of just picking

up a book and opening a page to read and see what it says for the day, and thought

to share it all with you.

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color:black">¼rimad Bh

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font-style:italic">vam apare n

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color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR-LU;font-style:italic">pu°

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color:black">kecit- some; karma-fruitive activities; vadanti-explain;

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mso-ansi-language:FR-LU">eña°

12.0pt;font-family:"Times CE Sanskrit";color:black">-that;

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mso-ansi-language:FR-LU">svabh§

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n

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12.0pt;font-family:"Times CE Sanskrit";color:black">- my dear King Dhruva; eke-some;

k

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mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times CE Sanskrit";color:black">-time;

pare-others;

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mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times CE Sanskrit";color:black">- fate;

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mso-ansi-language:FR-LU">pu°

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12.0pt;font-family:"Times CE Sanskrit";color:black">-of the living entity;

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mso-ansi-language:FR-LU">k§mam

12.0pt;font-family:"Times CE Sanskrit";color:black">-desire;

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mso-ansi-language:FR-LU">ut§

12.0pt;font-family:"Times CE Sanskrit";color:black">-also; pare-others.

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color:black">Translation:

color:black">The differentiation among varieties of life and their suffering

and enjoyment is explained by some to be the result of karma. Others say it is

due to nature, others due to time, others due to fate, and still others say

that this is due to desire.

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color:black">Purport:

color:black">There are different types of philosophers - m¦m

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12.0pt;font-family:"Times CE Sanskrit";color:black">sakas, atheists,

astronomers, sexualists and so many other classifications of mental

speculators. The real conclusion is that in our work only that binds us within

this material world in different varieties of life. How these varieties have

sprung up is explained in the Vedas: it is due to the desire of the living

entity. The living entity is not a dead stone; he has different varieties of

desire or k

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mso-ansi-language:FR-LU;font-style:italic">§ma

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12.0pt;font-family:"Times CE Sanskrit";color:black">The Vedas say, k

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The living entities are originally parts of the Lord, like sparks of a fire,

but they have dropped to this material world, attracted by the desire to lord

it over nature. That is a fact. Every living entity is trying to lord it over

the material r

color:black">esources to the best of his ability.

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mso-ansi-language:FR-LU;font-style:italic">§ma

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mso-ansi-language:FR-LU">or desire

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There are some philosophers who say that if one gives up his desires, he again

becomes liberated. But it is not at all possible to give up desire, for desire

is a symptom of the living entity. If there were no desire, then the living

entity would be a dead stone. etc

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