DHARMA AND KARMA, WHICH ONE SHOULD HAVE PRIORITY - Part 04

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DHARMA AND KARMA, WHICH ONE SHOULD HAVE PRIORITY - Part 04

 

Dharma is the universal law of living, which should be followed by all human

beings. It is the path of righteousness, which is shown or taught to us by our

religion and culture. All religions have a code of conduct called Dharma which

is to be found in the Holy Books and is taught to us by our Guru. In the Sai

Satcharita there are various instances of Baba teaching His followers how to

follow the path of Dharma both by action and by word.

 

Baba went from house to house to collect food, which he then distributed to all.

This was the Dharma of the fakir. Asking certain persons for dakshina combined

the act of Dharma and Karma. He sometimes asked people for dakshina to help them

to get over a past Karma; He asked them for a specific amount that they owed

from a previous life or from the past periods of their lives.

 

Dharma and Karma are both of significance. If we perform our Karma or duties or

actions in a Dharmic way, that is, taking into account the law of righteousness,

we are doubly blessed and fulfilled. We do not have to carry burdens of guilt,

wrong doings etc, which would add to the miseries of our lives as well as to the

karmic cycle in which we are all caught.

 

Every time we do something if we offer it as a prayer to our Guru and God, we

cannot go wrong. Every breath we take, every step we take and all our thoughts

should be handed over as a prayer; then Dharma and Karma will go hand in hand.

We would then have lived as Baba wants us to.

Om Sairam!