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"Q: Why worry about karma? It takes care of itself anyhow. M: Most of our karma is collective. We suffer for the sins of others, as others suffer for ours. Humanity is one. Ignorance of this fact does not change it. We could have been much happier people ourselves, but for our indifference to the sufferings of others."
— Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj, I Am That

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