There are some qualities which are always accompanying the jeeva (individual). His sorrows, his birth, his work, his hatred, his likes and dislikes, his lack of discriminating power and his ignorance are qualities which are always accompanying the jeeva. Ignorance gets mixed with lack of discriminating power. Attachment gives rise to anger. Anger gives rise to hatred. Hatred gives rise to birth and sorrow. All these qualities are related to each other in an inseparable manner.
For sorrow, birth is responsible and for birth, one's own karma is responsible. However, we may ask if sorrow is natural to man or is it coming half-way through one's life? Truly, if sorrow is natural to man's life, he cannot get rid of sorrow all through his life. There is no basis for us to think that sorrow is a natural quality for a human being. If that is so, it could not be got rid of by any method.
(Summer Showers in Brindivan, 1977, pg 84)
