A Forumer wrote:
yes i know what u said makes sense but that's not what i was initially doubting with what i wrote in post #2009
it's like ok..i give another example...if person A is blind in this life, it's because in previous/past lives he/she was an evil terrorist and plucked out another person's eyes. or if person A is born with no hands in this life, it's because he/she cut off another living being's hands/limbs in a previous/past life. it's the silliness of it. it all sounds very silly. but i'm not refuting the workings of karma or insulting buddhist teachings. it's that karma and the workings of it is complex that's why it's even more silly to assume these kinds of consequences happen in a "mirrored as-it-is-way."
in a nutshell, it's just assumptions. no 1 knows the workings of karma except Buddha for sure. so if no 1 can say for sure, don't say things like 'person A has no hands in this life because he plucked out another person's eyes in a past life.' it's silly and traditionalistic.
Yes, karma is complex and not straight forward as 1+1=2. Only the enlightened beings (there are monks who are already enlightened)can fully understand what has actually happened that causes individual to be blind. However, whatever said in the Cause and Effect Dharma book is definitely true. Just like if you plant water melon, you will get water melon, however the water melon plant needs water, fertile soil and sunlight inorder to grow. Water, fertile soil and sunlight are conditions （缘）for it to bear fruit which is water melon, it will not bear other fruits like apples.
According to Cause and Effect, if one likes to kill, one will have short life-span or illnesses. Though it may not be "mirrored as-it-is-way." but it cannot be very way off from short life-span and illnesses.This makes more sense than our life-span is based on the will of someone up there.
Shifu said when something happens to someone, we as unenlightened beings cannot tell exactly whether it is a cause or an effect, so the best is not to comment.
(If one is kind hearted, though one has not received the blessings but bad luck has already left you. If one is evil, though one has not received the punishments but good luck has already left you).
According to Cause and Effect, if one likes to kill, one will have short life-span or illnesses. Though it may not be "mirrored as-it-is-way." but it cannot be very way off from short life-span and illnesses.This makes more sense than our life-span is based on the will of someone up there.
Shifu said when something happens to someone, we as unenlightened beings cannot tell exactly whether it is a cause or an effect, so the best is not to comment.
(If one is kind hearted, though one has not received the blessings but bad luck has already left you. If one is evil, though one has not received the punishments but good luck has already left you).
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