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Namaste,

   Sri Sadagopan Swami had refrenced a book named DIVINE SOVEREIGNTY 
AND OUR FREEDOM - Authored by NEDUNTHERU S. KANNAN.

   Please get a copy of this book.  In this book the author discusses 
in detail the operation of the Law of Karma and God's role in it 
based on our illustrous poorvAcharyas commentaries and would answer 
in detail most of the questions we might have about karma, free will 
and Lords roles.

shashi

--- In Oppiliappan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "M.K. Krishnaswamy" 
<krishnaswamy@xxxx> wrote:
> Dear Devotees,
> 
> Nivrutta Ravi wants to understand the operation of the Law of Karma 
and God's role in it. 
> 
> Across centuries, philosophers have discussed this question thread-
bare and reached no conclusion that is acceptable to all in the 
manner of a scientific statement proved by repeatable experiments. 
Those who have the bhagyam of implicit trust in the existence of a 
compassionate and just God lead their lives accepting all happenings, 
bitter or sweet, with equanimity. Bhagavad Gita calls them stitha-
prgnyas. Those who need explanations/justifications get confused 
reviewing hundreds of theories in favour or against the fundamental 
belief about the existence of a God who is compassionate, omnipotent 
and omnipresent. 
> 
> As I grow old, I have slowly realised the futility of this search 
due to the incapability and undependability of my limited intellect 
to resolve the issue. Ultimately, I tend to agree with the statement 
of British author CEM Joad who analysed the dilemma in more than 100 
pages and stated, after reaching a dead-end:
> ".... the conclusions of the intellect deny that the orthodox God 
of the religious hypothesis - omnipotent and benevolent, could have 
been the creator of the world;  and deny it precisely because of the 
fact of evil.  But if the intellect denies what the heart demands,  
what then? ...perhaps the deadlock is a sign of, perhaps it is even a 
punishment for, intellectual arrogance..." 
> 
> Call it blind-faith, call it the wisdom of Ages, I would now like 
to choose to place trust in the dictates of the heart rather than my 
over-valued intelligence and trust in God without question like the 
infant child in its mother. But then, one has to go through life's 
rough journey and experience its failures to reach this simple 
conclusion without further questioning. I truly envy the child that 
has learned instinctively to trust, the moment it is born. 
> 
> We have to empty this cup of our mind stuffed with the 
miscellaneous knowledge that has been collected, so that we can 
receive certain simple truths about our relationship with the One who 
gave us life and placed us in this world. Lao Tsu called this 
the 'Law of the reversed effort' and said: 
> "To know the Truth, one must get rid of knowledge"
> 
> Ramana Maharishi: (Upadesa Saram -27)
> 
> gnyaana varjitaa agnyaana-heena chit 
> gnyaanamasti kim gnyaatum-antaram 
> 
> Alan Watts, a great scholar and believer in Eastern philosophy has 
said:
> 
> "What religion calls the vision of God is found in giving up 
> any pre-conceived belief in the idea of God. 
> 
> By the same law of reversed effort, 
> we discover the "infinite" and the "absolute," 
> not by straining to escape from the finite and relative world, 
> but by the most complete acceptance of its limitations. 
> 
> Paradoxical as it may seem, 
> we likewise find life meaningful only 
> when we have seen that it is without purpose, 
> and know the "mystery of the universe" 
> only when we are convinced that we know nothing about it at all. " 
> 
> krishnaswamy m k
> 
> Date: Wed, 4 May 2005 05:04:15 -0700 (PDT)
>    From: Nivrutta Ravi <nivrutta_r@xxxx>
> Subject: Is Your Karma Good or Bad
> 
> Respected elders,
> I came acros this article forwarded by a friend. I
> hope you enjoy this article. I have included my query
> at the end of this article. Hope you clarify my naive
> question .
> Is Your karma Good or Bad






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