SUFFERINGS AND
CAUSES ATTRIBUTED IN VEDA, VEDANGAS
AFTER
GOING THRO THE ARTICLE OF MY FRIEND I FELT MY VIEW CAN ALSO, BE EXPRESSED FROM
OUR OWN SCRIPTURES, HENCE THIS FOLLOW UP.
‘PEOPLE OFTEN
RAISE THE SAME QUESTION WHEN THEY ARE IN GREAT DISTRESS. Their language may
vary, but they mean the same-- `Why does God burden me alone with so much
strife?' (@)
Buddhism
speaks of the same great truth that the ancient sages of Hinduism revealed—we
cannot fully understand the many aspects that cover our lives.
Unfairness
is a part and parcel of life. Such is the way of life. Can we teach ourselves
not to be the victims of unfairness and confront it with the understanding that
mysteries of life cannot be fully understood? Such acceptance of unfairness
would give us the maturity to live life wisely.’
K
R view:
The cause of sufferings of people is
neither “unfairness”, nor “mystery”. The best principle of Vedas is “theory of
Karma” and this was crisply brought out, by TIRUVALLUAR, as IMMAIKKUM ENAI
MARUMAIKKUM THATHAM KARUMAME KATTALAIKKAL.
Buddhism though is only an expansion
of Vedic culture, did not accept the rituals and idol worship, (which was not
there in Vedas), and rebirths. Buddhism attributed the cause of sufferings to
only THE DESIRE, which was called, in Rig Vedam, as “Kamya karma”. As vedangas
explained the Vedas, so too Nava diamond sutras were pounded by later
Buddhists. As later followers of Vedic culture created the rituals and idol
worship, so too Buddhism, started all the rituals and idol worship, against
which Lord Buddha ventured to divert.
Karma is some kind of a balance sheet,
where the actions of all kinds, dharmically or adharmically, are accounted for
as assets and liabilities, of the business of each life, born here. Whereas the
balance sheet reveal the “net-asset” or “net-liability”, the life balance
sheet, remain total assets and total liabilities, with carried forward, each
janma, account. The pleasure and the pain of life are destined as per the total
assets and the total liabilities, to be spent here. The Atma of every specie
enter and exit along with the remaining, to take another robe ,as per the
accounts and “PUNARAPI JANANAM AND PUNARAPI MARANAM” GOES CYCLIC.
The frail human is given few yogas to
practice to increase the good and decrease the bad; its advised to practice
“nishkamya karma” and act in the name of God, to wipe out the balance sheet to
zero; without the “arpanam to god”, good as well as bad karmas result in
pleasure or painful life; the ignorance (aviveka) when wiped out, Moksha result
to escape from all the ordeals. TIRUVALLUAR, according to me a Sanskrit
scholar, has put it nicely, PATRUGA PATRATRAN PATRINAI, APPATRU PATRUGA
PATRAVIDATHU.
Therefore sufferings are our own
causes, now or earlier births (NANDRUM THEEDHUM PIRAR THARA VAARAA) and hence
have to lead a careful life. Again JUSTICE of the earth and the DHARMA of vedam
are totally different. The defense of sufferings is to seek the strength from
HIM to bear the pain and to lead kindly light. This is the only people find,
bad enjoying the life and the good reeling under the sufferings. People who do
utter those words in the opening Para(@), have unknown past; why, some people
who utter also conveniently forget the misdeeds committed by them even in this
life itself. People can justify their action with the human brain, however,
they know and their conscious—hence TIRUVALLUAR SAID,”THAN NENJARIVADHU
POYYATRKA, POYTHA PIN THAN NENJE THANNAI SUDUM.
Thank you dt 24th oct 2012.
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