Whom to worship- God or Karma?

[Guest guest]

Namaste,

 

A friend(who was once very religious) passed through great personal tragedy. We

all told him that its Karma, how even God doesnt even interfere with our Karma.

 

But then, he replied, why shouldnt we just worship Karma? After all, if we get

no help from God, why waste time worshipping him/her?

 

I agree in principle with what he says. When everything is going ok in your

life, its easy to say " We should worship God for what he is, not expecting

anything in return " etc etc, but in times of great personal tragedy or pain,

everyone loses hope. Even Christ, for one second, said " Lord why have you

forsaken me? " before remembering who he was.

 

So why should we worship God? Why not, like the Buddhists, say there is no God,

only the Law of Karma, & our only goal is to extiniguish our mind into the void?

Buddhists quietly do their Karma, while preparing to merge their mind into the

void. That way, they dont have to blame some God for their troubles. Is this way

superior to the Hindu path?

 

love,

Shantnu