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To: ratan lal who wrote (2118)	8/3/1998 8:51:00 AM
From: Mohan Marette	Respond to of 12475

Kashmiri rebels massacre 31 Hindus Ratan: This news just crossed the wire. United Press International - August 03, 1998 08:19 CHAMBA, India, Aug. 3 (UPI) - Suspected separatist Islamic rebels have massacred 31 Hindu workers in two separate incidents in India's northern state of Himachal Pradesh. At least 10 people were wounded in the two incidents. Officials say suspected Kashmiri militants entered the Himachal Pradesh state and attacked a laborer work camp in Kalaban village, 30 kilometers from the strife-torn Jammu and Kashmir state border, killing at least 26 people. The officials say the guerrillas escaped in darkness and then attacked another worker camp in neighboring Shatrundi village, killing at least five Hindu laborers. Survivors say most of the victims died in their sleep as the shooting covered such a wide area no one was able to escape. Security forces are combing the treacherous hilly terrain in search of the assailants. Local police officials say the Kashmiri militants sneaked in from the Kashmir's neighboring militant-infested Doda district. On Tuesday, at least 17 Hindus of four families were gunned down near the Kishtwar town of Doda district. Islamic guerrillas have so far massacred 83 Hindus this year in five different attacks, including 23 members of Hindu cleric families in January. Since 1989, Kashmir has been the site of a bloody civil war pitting government troops against separatist rebels fighting to end Indian control of the region. Hundreds of thousands of Hindus have fled the valley fearing attacks by Islamic rebels. New Delhi accuses Islamabad of aiding and abetting the insurgency, a charge Pakistan denies.

To: ratan lal who wrote (2118)	8/3/1998 9:56:00 AM
From: JPR	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 12475

Ratan: I think it is a little different. It says - all you can do is your karma. The results are not in your hand. This is my understanding of Karma. Karma is an assorted bag of actions good, bad ,or anything in between and is subject only to causal law - Cause and effect. This Karma is linear in nature, in that it transcends one's life time and continues in to next life with a continuos running account of good, bad and anything in between. The effects can be modified only by BAKTIMARGA or DIVINE GRACE until liberation is achieved at last. Baktimarga is liberation through the practice of altruism and devotion (Bhakti) to Brahman and Divine Grace is simply a Divine Prasada, irrespective of one's karma. Baktimarga is an active practice by the individual to attain liberation, while Divine Grace or Prasada is Divine Forgiveness. The latter is also part of Christian faith. Compare Baktimarga with Sufism, in which sufis are intoxicated with the love of GOD, one kind of Bakti. It is generally accepted that BAKTI is a south Indian concept. Just think of it this way: Your indebtedness is forgiven. You are liberated from all debts and biological processes. And you are karma-free and attain the stage of UNBORN ( will never be born again), the Supreme State - One with GOD JPR