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Re: Free-will vs Pre-determination (Ramanuja)

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Bhashyam Raghunandan • August 19, 2002 


Srimathe Ramanujaaya Namah:

For a while let us asume that what the jivatman thinks
as freewill is nothing but the "scripted will".  Now
with this assumption, I seek answers for the following
questions.

1. What is karma?
2. If the jivatman is acting on a predetermined will
of the Eshwara, then how is the jivatma
enjoying/suffering the fruits of the karma?
3. How is that the jiva takes the blames [suffers the
dosha] for all the wrong doings in his life, starting
from small theft to anything more serious if it was
scripted by the Eshwara?
4. Is it not incorrect on the part of Eshwara to make
the jivatman suffer for all the mistakes that he did
not do on his own?!
5. What is anaadi karma vaasana and ruchi?
6. If the Eshwaran is scripting all the actions for
us, why is he struggling to get us out of this cycle
of birth and death?

adiyen Ramanuja Dasan
raghunandan
--- jasn sn  wrote:
> SRIMATHE  RAMANUJAYA NAMAHA.
> 
> The analysis continuesÂ…
> 
> Based on the responses received so far, certain
> clarifications are given here:
> 
> # Freewill must not be equated with positive effort.
[...]


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