ABSTRACT
It is a common misconception that the commitment of Indians to the so-called “law of karma,” transmigration, and the beginninglessness of the self involves them in some sort of fatalism. In a paper delivered at the Fourth East-West Philosophers' Conference in Hawaii in 1964, Kalidas Bhattacharyya has once again emphasized that the texts show that Indian philosophers accept no kind of fatalism. Not only do practically all the Indian systems accept the possibility of the ultimate liberation of each and every self, but they also vehemently affirm the freedom of every individual here and now to choose and act according to his choice.
