Why do BAD things happen to GOOD people? The five topics discussed in the Bhagavad Gita * Ishvara-...

Why do BAD things Why do BAD things happenhappen

to GOOD people? to GOOD people?

The five topics discussed The five topics discussed

in the in the Bhagavad GitaBhagavad Gita

* Ishvara - GOD

* Jiva - Living Entity

* Prakriti - Material Nature

* Kala - Time

* Karma - Activity

Prakrti (Material World)Prakrti (Material World)One fourth of the creation of the lord.

Compared to a prison house. A facility given to the rebellious souls an opportunity to reform.

Prakrti (Material World)Prakrti (Material World)

Provides the soul with a body in the eighty - four lakh species of life.

Prakrti (Material World)Prakrti (Material World)

Binds the soul with the three modes.

Prakrti (Material World)Prakrti (Material World)

Goodness

PassionIgnorance

SATTVA SATTVA GUNAGUNA

( Goodness )( Goodness )

RAJO GUNARAJO GUNA ( Passion )( Passion )

TAMO GUNATAMO GUNA (Ignorance )(Ignorance )

• Knowledge • Unlimited desires • Madness

• Free from sins • Fruitive activity • Laziness

• Conditioned by the sense of happiness

• Attraction between man woman

• Sleep and intoxication

The Conditioned The Conditioned SoulSoul

• The soul being conditioned, acts according to the mode of nature it comes in contact with.

• We seek happiness on the material platform, according to our conditioning.

• Thus, the soul is forced to take birth again and again in this material world.

KALA (Time)KALA (Time)

Time is:

* Krishna’s energy.

* The most powerful force in the material world and is the

ultimate among killers.

* Is the cause of all transformation in

prakrti.

- Cycle of Universe.

- Six Transformations.

Karma (Activity)Karma (Activity)Definition:Definition: Activities performed by the living entity

conditioned by the three modes, under the control and purview of time.

The Law of Karma:The Law of Karma: For every action there is an equal and

opposite reaction. We are accountable for everything we think,

speak and do. Therefore we must be aware of the consequences of the activities we perform.

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“Good Karma” – Pious activity.

“Bad Karma” - Sinful activity.

* The four pillars of sinful life.

* Concession given does not mean afree license to engage in sinful activities.

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Applicable only to the human species.

Human form – Train junction

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Instant & Delayed Karma

Individual and Collective Karma

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• Good and Bad Karma do not cancel each other.

• Good and Bad Karma are both binding.

• Ignorance of the Law is no excuse to escape reaction.

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I Hope this catches U the way it caught me!

In light of the many perversions and jokes we send along to one another for a laugh, this is a little different:

This joke today is not intended to be a This joke today is not intended to be a joke, it's not intended to be funny, it's joke, it's not intended to be funny, it's

intended to get you thinking.intended to get you thinking.

A prominent American's daughter was interviewed on the Early Show and Jane Clayson asked her "How "How could God let something like this could God let something like this happen?"happen?"

(Regarding the attacks on September 11)

Anne Graham gave an extremely profound and insightful response.

She said, "I believe God is deeply saddened by "I believe God is deeply saddened by this, just as we are, but for years we've been this, just as we are, but for years we've been telling God to get out of our schools, to get out telling God to get out of our schools, to get out of our government and to get out of our lives. of our government and to get out of our lives. And being the gentleman He is,I believe He And being the gentleman He is,I believe He has calmly backed out. How can we expect has calmly backed out. How can we expect God to give us His blessing and His protection God to give us His blessing and His protection if we demand He leave us alone?"if we demand He leave us alone?"

In light of recent events...terrorists attack, school shootings, etc, I think it started when Madeleine Murray O'Hare (she was murdered, her bodyfound recently) complained she didn't want prayer in our schools, and we said OK. Then someone said you better not read the Bible in school...the Bible says thou shalt not kill, thou shalt not steal, and love your neighbor as yourself.

And we said OK.

Then Dr. Benjamin Spock said we shouldn't spank our children when they misbehave because their little personalities would be warped and we mightdamage their self-esteem (Dr. Spock's son committed suicide). We said an expert should know what he's talking about.

And we said OK.

Then someone said teachers and principals better not discipline our children when they misbehave. The school administrators said no facultymember in this school better touch a student when they misbehave because we don't want any bad publicity, and we surely don't want to be sued (there's a big difference between disciplining, touching, beating, smacking, humiliating, kicking, etc.)

And we said OK.

Then someone said, let's let our daughters have abortions if they want, and they won't even have to tell their parents.

And we said OK.

Then some wise school board member said, since boys will be boys and they're going to do it anyway, let's give our sons all the condoms theywant so they can have all the fun they desire, and we won't have to tell their parents they got them at school.

And we said OK.

Then some of our top elected officials said it doesn't matter what we do in

private as long as we do our jobs. Agreeing with them, we said it doesn'tmatter to me what anyone, including the President, does in private as long

as I have a job and the economy is good.

Then someone said let's print magazines with pictures of nude women and call it wholesome, down-to-earth appreciation for the beauty of the female body.

And we said OK.

And then someone else took that appreciation a step further and published pictures of nude children and then further again by making them available on the Internet.

And we said OK, they're entitled to free speech.

Then the entertainment industry said, let's make TV shows and movies that promote

profanity, violence, and illicit sex. Let's record music that

encourages rape, drugs, murder, suicide, and satanic themes. And we said it's just

entertainment, it has no adverse effect, nobody takes it seriously anyway, so go right

ahead.

Now we're asking ourselves why our children have no conscience, why they

don't know right from wrong, and why it doesn't bother them to killstrangers, their classmates, and

themselves.

Probably, if we think about it long and hard enough, we can figure it out!

I think it has a great deal to do with

"WE REAP WHAT WE SOW."

Funny how simple it is for people to trash God and then wonder why the world's going to hell. Funny how we believe what the newspapers say, but

question what the Bible says.

Funny how you can send 'jokes' through e-mail and they spread like wildfire, but when

you start sending messages regarding the Lord, people

think twice about sharing. Funny how lewd, crude, vulgar and obscene articles pass freely through cyberspace, but public discussion of

God issuppressed in the school and workplace.

Are you laughing?

Funny how when you forward this message, you will not send it to many on your address list because you're not sure what they believe, or what they will think of you for sending it.

Funny how we can be more worried about what other people think of us than what God thinks of us.

Pass it on if you think it has merit. If not then just discard it... No one will know you did.

But, if you discard this thought process, don't sit back and complain about what bad shape

the world is in!

Are you thinking?

Karma

Vikarma Akarma

Life is a PreparationLife is a PreparationDeath is the ExaminationDeath is the Examination