PHIL 1F90 Lecture Notes - Institute For Operations Research And The Management Sciences, Upanishads, Eunuch
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Pre philosophical features of indian thought5/12/2013 4:57:00 pm. Karma is any act or deed that is undertaken at the level of individual or personal responsibility. Karma is the cosmic universal law which ensures that every act receives its perfect consequences egerton"s formula. Fate and temperament are two words for the very same thing. Novalis: fate and temperament are two words for the same thing. Generally good desires equal a good fate, bad desire means bad fate. Wheel of rebirth the karmic cycle to be in the human condition caused by error and ignorance. Suffering: to be concipis of a state better than one you are in. Lame man, blind man in the middle of the jungle. Arjuna is upset for all the wrong reason, as a warrior, and of the rajasic type. It is his dharma to fight and participate in this just war. Arjuna does not want victory, he would be killing his own people.