Re: prakriti and karma

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• Subject: Re: prakriti and karma
• From: dwaite@aladdin.co.uk (Dennis Waite)
• Date: Sun, 23 Jun 1996 18:30:33 GMT
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Pradip Gangopadhyay <pradip@lism.usc.edu> wrote:
> In reality the unenlightened Jiva does not have any free will.

My understanding is that we are free in one aspect only, namely to
whom we dedicate an action (Bhawana); whether to the ego or to the
Self. To the extent that we dedicate to the Atman, we do not generate
new Sanskara and thus do not move backwards on our way towards
realisation.

Dennis

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