The Law of Karma:

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The Law of Karma:

A sub-judge, who was convicted of corruption, went to Baba for blessings

and for success in his appeal against the conviction.

Baba to him: " What you sow, you reap. What you give, you get. Sow

Margosa and reap afterwards Margosa. Cut off that tree. "

 

Poorva Karma: (Delia Prarabdha)

Baba: What you can account for, as the result of your present effort is

the result of present Karma. What you cannot thus trace, is due to your

past Karma. Results accrue differently to two persons doing the same

acts; that difference may be put down to the difference in their poorva

karma.

 

In explicability or unforeseen and unbreakable results may disappear in

view of Poorva Karma. So do not go on exulting or dejected. Nor should

you blame others. Recognize the existence of the Moral law as governing

results. Therefore unswervingly follow the Moral Law. If you do not get

the fruits or results of your actions now, they will come in later

births. As for the vasanas, the Moral Law is inexorable and evident. So

by following and observing the Moral Law, you reach your goal-God, the

perfection of the Moral Law.

 

Death:

Baba to Appa Kulkarni's wife: Why do you grieve? Men are born to die.

One day each one of us will die. Death and life are manifestations of

God's activity. You cannot separate the two. God permeates all. In act

none is born. None dies. See with your inner eye. Then you realise that

you are God, and not different from Him. Like worn out garment, the body

is cast away by God.

 

Gain and Loss, Birth and Death, are in the hands of God. How blindly do

these people forget God; Look after life, just so long as it lasts. When

death arrives do not be grieved.

 

The wise.ones does not grieve for death; the foolish ones do behold! The

five pranas were lent for use till now. Now the Lender claims back His

own; and they are returned, air goes back to air, fire to fire. Each one

of the five elements thus goes back to its place. The body is made up of

earth. See, really they are the same. Therefore its return to earth is

not a thing to bemoan.

 

Birth:

Birth also is similarly to be dealt with. Do not be jubilating over a

birth. This is the process of creation (and goes on from the beginning).

Be not moved by it. The earth bears seeds. Clouds drop their rain on

them. The sun sends its rays and makes them sprout.

 

You should be unaffected like these. If you are, whence can sorrow come

to you? Mukthi is this absence of sorrow.

 

Baba's mandate to his devotees:

* You cast your burdens on me.

* In the abode of my devotees, there will be no dearth of food and

clothing.

* You devotees are my children. I am your father. You have to get

everything from me. So you need not be anxious. I take all care of you.

I will not allow my devotees to come to harm. I have to take thought for

my devotees. I will not let my devotee fall.

(An Anthology compiled from Sri Sai Baba's Charters & Sayings)