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in this life! So many times we cannot even get along with
our family members in this life; we must focus on loving
and caring for each other NOW, rather than be concerned
about whether we will be together in the future.
Also, when a soul departs from the body, the soul continues
its journey toward God realization. The scriptures caution
us against thwarting the progress of other souls. By
begging to stay together with someone, we may be
inhibiting his or her own progress and path.
in this life AND in future lives.
However, there are a few important points. First of all,
motivation is important. We must perform our duties with
no motivation other than to do God’s will purely and
selflessly. If we simply do good deeds so that we will reap
good karma (e.g. going to temple in order to pass an
exam, or being respectful to your mother so that she will
raise your allowance) then we do not really get the longterm
benefits. Rather, we must do good deeds because it
is the right thing to do. We must perform right action
because that is what will lead us to God. We must not
concern ourselves with the immediate fruits or results.
Thus, let us instead concentrate on loving those we are
with now. Let us care for all those who come into our path.
Let us pray to move forward with each birth, and let us
not be so attached that we sacrifice our own or someone
Second, it is important to realize that that which may seem
else’s spiritual growth in order to simply stay together.
to be negative is not necessarily so. For example if a young,
pure, innocent boy dies at the age of ten, people
12. Does the karma of this life become useful in
immediately question, “What horrible sin did he commit
the next life? If the present life is happy, does that
in a past birth in order to account for the tragedy in this
mean the soul has done good deeds? On the
one?” Perhaps the death was due to negative karma.
contrary, if this life is full of unhappiness, does
However, perhaps he had come very close to liberation in
that mean the soul is suffering from his own
misdeeds of his last birth? Can you please explain
the law of karma?
a past birth and only had a few karmas to work through
before his soul was ready for salvation. These karmas may
have been quickly resolved during only ten years and thus,
the soul is free to be liberated. So, rather than being a
Yes, the karma we perform and accrue in this life is
extremely relevant to our next life. However, the equation
tragedy, the early death is a blessing
is not as simple as just good deeds in one life beget
13. Can a great soul take birth again to finish
happiness in the next, or bad deeds beget unhappiness.
his life’s work? Are there any such examples? Or if
First of all, karma can take place immediately; it does not
two lovers failed to live together in this life, if they
necessarily wait until the next birth. We always reap that
shorten their lives by committing suicide, will they
which we sow. Therefore, performing good deeds with a
selfless motive will definitely lead to positive karma, both
then be together in their next life?
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