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Life Without Conflict
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Prevention of New Karma
Questioner : How can we prevent a new cycle of this
giving and taking for the coming life?
Dadashri : What is the definition of creating a new give-
and-take? The causes of karma are the new give-and-take. All
that you experience in this life is an effect of causes created in
your previous life. Everything that takes place is an effect and
the causes are invisible. You cannot see the causes through your
senses; whatever you see is all an effect. Therefore, you should
realize that your debts are being paid off. Whatever new causes
that are being created, are taking place from within, and those
you cannot see. You will see them when they produce their
results as an effect. The current causes have not yet been
transferred to your final ledger.
Questioner : Is all that unfolds today, the account from
the final ledger of the past life?
Dadashri : Yes.
Questioner : The conflicts that take place, are they on
the basis of vyavasthit?
Dadashri : Yes, conflicts occur on the basis of
vyavasthit, but when can you say that? You can only say it is
vyavasthit after it happens. Your firm determination must be, “I
do not want to get into any conflicts.” When you see a pole in
your path, your determination is not to walk into it; you know
you have to go around it but despite all this, if you still happen
to walk into it, then it is vyavasthit. However to claim
everything is vyavasthit ahead of time, is a misuse of it.
For Justice, the Solution Is Penance
Questioner : What should we do if we want to avoid