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Yama and His Book of Accounts

By Pattanaik , Devdutt

Book information

Publisher
Penguin Random House India Private Limited
Year
2018
ISBN
9789353052775, 9353052777
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
2 MB (1597047 bytes)
Pages
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Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
Hindu mythology;Yama -- (Hindu deity)

Description

According to the law of karma, every 'jiva' or soul is obliged to experience the reactions of all actions. Only actions remain in our control while the reactions are simply to be borne. How one handles those reactions is believed to be the real test of one's existence on earth according to Hindu mythology. Desire and Destiny are the governing principles of the universe. What we desire, what we do to fulfill those desires and how we act upon our destinies--they all add up as credits and debits in our life's ledger, maintained by none other than Yama, the God of death. And he maintains this ledger for a reason: to determine what happens to us after we die. Read on as Devdutt Pattanaik unravels the various beliefs associated with death in Hindu mythology in Yama and His Book of Accounts.

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