Do people have the choice to do good deeds or bad deeds?

Answer 1

Of course people have the choice to do good deeds or bad deeds. We have willpower, we have an intellect, we have a choice. Unfortunately, we don't realize the difference between what we can choose and what we can't. There are circumstances unfolding in our life, and these are because of our Karma, our past actions. We can't change that. It is just like the road that we are driving on: the road is already laid, but we are driving a car, the car is in our hands, we can choose to stop or to go on, to take left or right, to go fast or slow; we can't change the road. Similarly we can't change the circumstances that are unfolding in our life due to our past Karma, but we can change our present actions. Our present actions are a result of our choice, our willpower, our intellect and our mind. It is upto us to choose our actions, and these actions will become Karma which will lead to our destiny, our future circumstances, but we can definitely choose our actions.