and just like the Law of Gravity, we know that it exists by inference. That is why we don’t look for jackfruits on a coconut tree. Whatever seeds that we plant, we are sure beyond doubt that the fruits that will bear will correspond to the seeds.
If only we understood the Law of Karma, most of our fear regarding death would disappear. Therefore, it is important to be absolutely sure, beyond doubt, that the Law of Karma operates throughout the world, with no bar of religion or nationality. If one wants to contemplate this Universal Law, one should not just look at death and wonder what happens to all our actions, good or bad that remain unsettled at death which happens all of a sudden. Our actions are recorded as per the law and though the body dies, we, the ones who were alive, retain our good and bad deeds in our Karmic account, only to be settled in our next life in a new body.
When somebody dies, what do we say? “The person departed or moved on.” But the body is right here and we ourselves, return the body to dust. However, we know beyond doubt that we are only destroying the dead body of the one who was alive. There is absolutely no iota of hesitation in performing the funeral, because the one who actually died has moved on. Do we have any doubt about this?