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242 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
§ 6. To believe that Karma is the instrument of Moral Order is Dhamma
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There is an order in the physical world. This is proved by the following phenomenon.
There is a certain order in the movements and actions of the starry bodies.
There is a certain order by which seasons come and go in regular sequence.
There is a certain order by which seeds grow into trees and trees yield fruits and fruits give seeds.
In Buddhist terminology these are called Niyamas, laws which produce an orderly sequence such as Rutu Niyam, Bija Niyam.
Similarly is there a moral order in Human Society. How is it produced ? How is it maintained?
Those who believe in the existence of God have no difficulty in answering the question. And their answer is easy.
Moral order, they say, is maintained by Divine Dispensation. God created the world and God is the Supreme Governor of the world. He is also the author of moral as well as of physical law.
Moral law, according to them, is for man’s good because it ensues from Divine will. Man is bound to obey God who is his maker and it is obedience to God which maintains the moral order.
Such is the argument in support of the view that the moral order is maintained by Divine Dispensation.
The explanation is by no means satisfactory. For if the moral law has originated from God, and if God is the beginning and end of the moral order and if man cannot escape from obeying God, why is there so much moral disorder in the world ?
What is the authority of the Divine Law? What is the hold of the Divine Law over the individual ? These are pertinent questions. But to none of them is there any satisfactory answer from those who rely on Divine Dispensation as the basis for the moral order.