There are excellent reviews of Kausitaki Upanishad which sheds light on this issue: Some times we see great realized souls behaving in a disappoint way or a very poor soul exhibiting a shimmer of greatness. [[http://www.comparativereligion.com/evil.html]] The Upanishads ground a pantheistic perspective on Ultimate Reality and introduce karma as explanation of human suffering. The only true substance of the universe is Brahman, so that evil cannot be real. Ignoring the one and only reality of Brahman launches karma into action and therefore brings suffering to the soul in further lives. Although it is difficult to determine the very beginning of karma?s manifestation, a text in Kausitaki Upanishad (3,8) indicates that Brahman himself causes the good and evil done by humans, and so he must be the one responsible for the origin of karma: He (Brahman) causes him whom he wishes to lead up from these worlds to perform good action. This one, indeed, also causes him whom he wishes to lead downward, to perform bad action. As the manifestations and dissolutions of the world are eternal, so is karma, meaning that suffering is a part of the eternal cosmic cycle. Logically then, the ultimate origin of karma must be in Brahman, because he is the source of any manifestation and the origin of souls. Man cannot be considered guilty for the evil in the world, not even for his own bad deeds, because all of them originated in past lives, of which he cannot be aware. Suffering in the present life is the natural consequence of past lives? ignorance and it has to be endured without questioning. may we never be separated from Brahman adiyen anandavalli dasan --- Gowri Raviganesh <gowri.raviganesh@xxxx> wrote: > Dear Bagavathas, > > In our Sri Sampradaaya it is said that the karma of > Bhadha jeevatma is "anaadhi". Also it is said that > our original abode is Vaikuntham & our Perumal is > eagerly waiting for us to get us back like a person > who has lost his ring. Does this mean that once we > were pure & had been in touch with Perumal ( time > immemorial back)? If so how did the badha jeevatma > gets the 1st karma? > > adiyen > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > Oppiliappan-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to > http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com
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