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Why do bad things happen to good
people –
The Law of Karma
Krishna is Sat - Cit - Ananda
Jiva – The spirit soul is alsoSat – cit – Ananda
Then why are we suffering ??
Why Do Bad Things Happen To Good People?
Full of knowledge
Eternal Blissful
5. Karma (Activity)
Five Major Topics in Bhagavad-Gita
Why Do Bad Things Happen To Good People?
1. ISVARA(GOD)
2.Jiva (Living Entity)
3. Prakriti
(Material
Nature)
4.Kala (Time)
Why Do Bad Things Happen To Good People?
Prakriti – The Material Nature• Consists of millions of universes
• 1/4th of the total creation
• Material nature is “dukhalaya ashashvatam” B.G….
• Spiritual world is “Vai kuntha” (No misery)
• Compared to a prison house. A facility provided for the rebellious souls, giving them an opportunity to reform themselves
Why did the Lord create the material world ??
• Provides the soul with a body in the 8400000 species of life
Why Do Bad Things Happen To Good People?
• 400,000 - Human beings
• 900,000 – In Water (aquatics)
• 2,000,000 – Plants
• 1,100,000 – Insects
• 1,000,000 – Birds
• 3,000,000 - Animals
• Different bodies provide different levels of consciousness just like different cells in the prison
A- Class Cell, B-Class Cell & C-Class cell
• Binds the body with the three modes of nature
Ga – get out … durg – very difficult to get out
Why Do Bad Things Happen To Good People?
Three Modes of Material Nature
Sattva GunaMode of Goodness
Rajo GunaMode of Passion
Tamo GunaMode of Ignorance
• Knowledge
• Free from sins
• Conditioned by sense of happiness
• Unlimited desires
• Fruitive activity
• Attraction between man and woman
• Madness
• Laziness
• Sleep
• Intoxication
Why Do Bad Things Happen To Good People?
Food in Mode of GoodnessB.G.17.8 “ayuh sattva balarogya….”
• Food that increases life span & Heart becomes purified
• Gives strength, health, happiness and satisfaction
• Such foods are juicy, fatty, wholesome, and pleasing to the heart
Food in
Mode of Passion
B.G.17.9 “katv-amla-lavanaty….”
• Food that cause distress, misery and disease
• Such foods are too bitter, too sour, salty, very hot, pungent, dry and burning
Food in Mode of Ignoranc
eB.G.17.9 “yata yaman gata rasam……”
Food that are
• Prepared more than 3 hrs before being eaten
• Tasteless, decomposed & putrid
• Consisting of remnants and untouchable
Why Do Bad Things Happen To Good People?
• All living beings in the material world are conditioned by the three modes
• The soul comes in contact with a particular mode of material nature and acts accordingly, being conditioned
The Conditioned Soul
• We seek happiness on the material platform according to the modes we are conditioned by
• We are forced to act helplessly according to the impulses born of the modes of nature
Why Do Bad Things Happen To Good People?
• In this way the soul is forced to take birth in this material world again and again
• Thus our pure spiritual nature is perverted by the impure desires, born of the three modes
Why Do Bad Things Happen To Good People?
KALA (TIME FACTOR)
• Time is Krishna’s Energy • Most Powerful force in the material
world. Amongst all killers time is the ultimate.
• Time causes transformation in the prakriti- Cycle of Universe- Six Transformations
• In B.G. Krishna says, “Kalosmi” – “I am Time”
• Where are the Napolean’s and Hitler’s ?
Why Do Bad Things Happen To Good People?
KARMA (ACTIVITY)
Definition: Activities performed by the living entities conditioned by the three modes, under the control and purview of time
THE LAW OF KARMA“For every action there is an equal and
opposite reaction”
• We are accountable for everything we think, speak or do
Therefore we must be aware of the consequences of all the activities that we perform.
Why Do Bad Things Happen To Good People?
Preliminary knowledge of the LAW OF KARMA
• Good Karma – Pious Activity
• Concession given does not mean free license to engage in sinful activity
• Bad Karma – Sinful Activity
• Laws of Karma are relative
The four pillars of sinful life:
1. Illicit Sex
2. Intoxication
3. Gambling
4. Meat Eating
Krishna Says, “Gahana Karmano gati” – “ It is very difficult to
understand the law of karma”
Why Do Bad Things Happen To Good People?
Contd… Preliminary knowledge of the LAW OF KARMA
• Applicable only to human species
• Instant and delayed Karmaeg. Sow a mustard seed & get a fruit in a month
sow a coconut seed and get a fruit in 20 years
Cellows (drum for storing grains)
• Individual and collective karma
• Ignorance of the law is no excuse to escape reaction
• If everything is predestined then why work ?
“Mills of God grind slowly but exceedingly fine”
Why Do Bad Things Happen To Good People?
• TO ESCAPE REACTION, “AKARMA MUST BE PERFORMED”
• Good and bad karma are both binding
• Good and bad karma do not cancel each other
Contd… Preliminary knowledge of the LAW OF KARMA
Why Do Bad Things Happen To Good People?
DIFFERENT TYPES OF KARMA
TYPE ACTIVITY
Karma As per scriptural (PIOUS) directions
VIkarma Against scriptural (SINFUL) directions
Akarma For which one does not suffer any reaction
Eg. Soldier fighting on behalf of the country
LIFE IS A PREPARATION
DEATH IS THE EXAMINATION
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