| Man is held
responsible for all the ills of his life due to his actions in previous births. He is only
reaping the consequences of such actions. Indian thinkers argue therefore, that the
endeavor should be to get rid of the effects of karma and to attain a state where the
karma has no longer any effect. They give the example of fried seeds, which no longer have
the power of giving rise to, sprouts. In the
same way, the actions which a man performs during his life could be rendered incapable of
giving rise to what have been called "samskaras" which produce the consequences
of those actions which are not limited to this present life but which will come into vogue
in future lives also. They have, therefore, discussed the ways by which these effects of a
man's karmas can be got rid of. Therefore, their idea of moksha is such a state where the
soul is no longer subject to the effects of karma and is freed from the possibilities of
its taking further bodies in future lives on
account of the consequences of such karmas. In his Nyaya Sutra, Gautama clearly enunciates
the nature of moksha and the means of attaining it.
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