Indian Law and Karma
LAW AND KARMA
Indian society operates under two very different systems of law, one ancient, cyclical and metaphysical in nature, and the other modern, statutory, and civil, being grounded in the tradition of English common law as established during the imperial period of the Raj. The one system has jurisdiction over eternal matters of life, death and rebirth, and over social status and obligation in the sphere of earthly existence. The other, Western-based system is …
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…the water. In comparison, people can rise above the trials and tribulations of life and achieve enlightenment. Buddhists live by a set of guidelines, the Five Precepts or Promises. These are not to harm or kill any living thing (because of this, some Buddhists choose to be vegetarians), not to steal or take anything that is not freely given, to control sexual desire, to refrain from telling lies, and not to drink or take drugs.
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