Hindu Dharma and Human Destiny

*Dr.T.V.Rao MD
The human life continuous to be a challenge to live, adjust to the circumstances and make a progress. To define what life, is difficult to describe, no one really understood what really life means. Environment provides man with certain harsh incentives and demands which, as long as their intensity and frequency are within the limits of human tolerance, can stimulate his motivation and enhance his productivity. However, when these environmental demands become excessive or, conversely, when they become scarce, the balance of incentives for creativity will be upset and as a result neither the excess nor the absence of these stimuli will be compatible with and conducive to a healthy adaptation in life. Sometimes religious truth and cultural beliefs give society certain explanations and meaning to life events which otherwise could not readily be achieved by science or reason. As Buddha said, "Human life is suffering". We all need to understand and recognize the meaning the phenomenon of life. The belief in Hinduism makes us to accept the Law of Karma that is the basis of what you reap is, what you sown. The law of Karma (Sanskrit), originated in the Vedic system of religion, otherwise known as Hinduism. As a term, it can at the latest be traced back to the early Upanishads, around 1500 BC our lives at any given point are a net result of our past actions, both good and evil.

Hinduism sees karma as immutable law with involuntary and voluntary acts being part of a more intricate system of cause and effect that is often not comprehensible to one bound by karma. It is the goal of the Hindu, as expressed succinctly in the Bhagavad Gita, to embrace a 'sattvic' lifestyle and thus avoid creating more karma. We are capable of good as well as evil, since God gave us intelligence and independence. Therefore, we are responsible for the consequences of our actions. The Hindu belief system also includes the belief that our soul, which is immortal goes through endless life cycles. The Buddha also said, "The human body is an illness, a carbuncle, and an ulcer, and this is what we all experience." We all experience the conditions of sickness and suffering. But all human and sentient beings cannot avoid illness and suffering. The only differences are less suffering, or more suffering, less sickness, or more sickness. There are two types of suffering: suffering of the physical body, and suffering of the mind. Physical suffering may include a lack of basic necessities, or natural disasters, or injury to the body from wars, diseases, burns, abuse, or poisons. We all experience this bodily pain no matter what our status is in life. Such suffering can be reduced by co-operation and improvement of our physical situation, such as, for example, an improvement of medical technology. Although the cure may not be ultimate, it provides a certain degree of relief. The mental suffering of our mind can be caused by many things, including disappointment, hatred, frustration, fear, anger,

and loneliness unhealthy competition. Everybody experiences this suffering differently, example is the mental anguish caused by an illness. Some feel sad and terribly frightened. However others do not feel this depression, and may never feel mentally downcast, even though suffering from the same illness, and the same physical pain. Hindus believe their position in life is based on their actions in a previous life, or lives: The Law of Karma, which from good must come good, and from evil must come evil. We see around us many people are suffering for minimal happiness however people strive to live the Hindu theological worldview is that the physical world is an illusion and a deceptive too. Even a seemingly innocent person who has not eradicated bad karma from past lives through charitable deeds is susceptible to such payback. Individuals' suffering should be placed in the broader context of a cosmic cycle of birth, life, destruction and rebirth. The good Hindu tried to live by good deeds, which was thought to help the believer achieve higher reincarnations, with nirvana as the ultimate goal. Hindus believed that the best way to advance one's soul up the ladder of higher status was to accept and not complain about one's present status. What mattered for a good Hindu was to eat and drink correctly, marry the right person and otherwise act in accordance with the law of one's position in life. We come across several situations where you have solution and people wait for a miracles too happen, We realise when life is out of control, and we are mad as hell,

Karma remain the answer to our unconscious prayer for some event to occur to make matters all right. Whenever we lose or gain we should realise as physics-the study of energy and matter-Sir Isaac Newton postulated that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. But in reality, our life is governed by metaphysics; karma is the law that states that every mental, emotional and physical act, no matter how insignificant, is projected out into the psychic mind substance and eventually returns to the individual with equal impact. Karma is neither fate nor predetermination. Each soul has absolute free will its only boundary is karma. God and Gods do not dictate the experiential events of our lives, nor do they test us. And there is no cosmic force that moulds our life. The belief in karma and reincarnation brings to each Hindu inner peace and self-assurance. The Hindu knows that the maturing of the soul takes many lives and that if the soul is immature in the present birth, then there is hope, for there will be many opportunities for learning and growing in future lives. Hinduism is built on principles of Karma, as it guides how a Hindu lives, and each person's deeds both in current and past lifetimes determine what sort of rebirth they attain. Karma is a combination of cosmic and moral cause and effect that crosses lifetimes and life lessons learned for spiritual growth. The Hinduism's answer is that the grace of God is ever flowing equally toward all. It is not felt until one feels the need for it. The joys and suffering of a human individual are of his own making. Good and evil are mind-made and not

God-created. The law of karma exhorts a Hindu to right actions, giving him the assurance that, just as a saint had a past so also a sinner has a future. Every living must succumb to destiny" or "fate" is in actuality, according to the laws of karma, the simple and neutral working out of karma. Many have likened karma to a moral banking system, a credit and debit of good and bad, choice many times remain with us.

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