Karma
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Is there such a thing as a bad karma? Does karma ever exist only in the mind?
How come some people do so many bad things only to experience no bad karma or even good karma as we call it ?
Any comments ?
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i do believe in karma. It's a matter of whether u had experienced it.
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Yes, karma is totally real.Originally posted by dokono:Is there such a thing as a bad karma? Does karma ever exist only in the mind?
How come some people do so many bad things only to experience no bad karma or even good karma as we call it ?
Any comments ?
doko
However, karma will not ripen immediately. It may ripen decades later, and many of the times it will only ripen in future lifetimes.
Similarly a good person may meet many bad fortunes, because of bad karma from past lives.
And furthermore we have immeasurable past lives, aeons of past lives... -
i read in some books , they said a female's route to buddhism is harder .
even buddha have many past lives before attaining buddhahood . -
It is harder because of the many inconvenience and pain that a woman has to go through compared to man.Originally posted by goldevil:i read in some books , they said a female's route to buddhism is harder .
even buddha have many past lives before attaining buddhahood .
But a woman can certainly be as great a practitioner as a male. I've seen many enlightened women in modern days. There were a whole lot of female arhats in Buddha's times as well. My local dharma teacher is also female.
In summary there are lots of female Bodhisattvas and Arhats from past to now. -
I live in a world of Karma everyday and always remember,'What goes around comes around'.For good to exist there must surely be evil that is the answer to why some people have to play the evil part but in reality the bad guys always suffer more while inflicting pain to others.
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my dharma teacher is a male .
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I believe that Karma as believed in Buddhism is very unreal.
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That is your belief and assumption.Originally posted by Herzog_Zwei:I believe that Karma as believed in Buddhism is very unreal.
But before you witness the power of karma, do remain an open mind. There are lots of people who have personally experienced the functioning of karma. Again, like Ajahn Brahmavamso said, do your practise and you will realise for yourself. -
Forget about religion and just be alive enough to know that the law of Karma appliesOriginally posted by Herzog_Zwei:I believe that Karma as believed in Buddhism is very unreal. -
here's a consolidated excellent documentation of karma:
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Academy/9280/kamma.htm
Good, Evil and Beyond
Kamma in the Buddha's Teaching
P. A. Payutto
Translated by Bruce Evans
if u need to understand karma, pls go thru, it's explained in detail and there's also given examples.
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Thanks Eternal and sinweiy
doko -
i dunch believe in karma. but dat doesn't mean ill go out and do bad things.
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True but AEN insists that everything is bounded to karma.Originally posted by Ito_^:i dunch believe in karma. but dat doesn't mean ill go out and do bad things. -
What do you mean by 'everything'?Originally posted by Herzog_Zwei:True but AEN insists that everything is bounded to karma.
Inanimate things are not bound up by karma or rebirth. -
its.. uh.. ok?Originally posted by Herzog_Zwei:True but AEN insists that everything is bounded to karma. -
something to think about on views
"Monks, there are these two conditions for the arising of wrong view. Which two? The voice of another and inappropriate attention. These are the two conditions for the arising of wrong view."
"Monks, there are these two conditions for the arising of right view. Which two? The voice of another and appropriate attention. These are the two conditions for the arising of right view."
from Ghosa Suttas, Anguttara Nikaya 2.125-126 -
Tell that to a virus or bacteria.Originally posted by An Eternal Now:What do you mean by 'everything'?
Inanimate things are not bound up by karma or rebirth.
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Huh why?Originally posted by Herzog_Zwei:Tell that to a virus or bacteria.
Anyway virus and bacteria are not considered as sentient beings, they do not have consciousness and the aggregates of a sentient being, and do not undergo rebirth and so on. So they do not have karma. -
Are they inanimate? And what makes you so sure they do not undergo rebirth while humans do?Originally posted by An Eternal Now:Huh why?
Anyway virus and bacteria are not considered as sentient beings, they do not have consciousness and the aggregates of a sentient being, and do not undergo rebirth and so on. So they do not have karma. -
Originally posted by An Eternal Now:
tot u are interested to read:
Inanimate things are not bound up by karma or rebirth.
The Mahayana-Uttaratantra-Shastra Text by Arya Maitreya, with commentary by Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche, is ready for download.
there's a QnA on Do plants and stones have Buddha-nature?, very interesting.[Q] But scientists can also interpret, by using subtle tools of laboratory inquiry.
http://khyentsefoundation.org/2007_07_rinpoche_on_buddha_nature.html
And they see that plants also respond.
[A] I cannot say that all plants donÂ’t have mind, although IÂ’m also not saying that they are beings. This is something that is beyond me. But in The Words of My Perfect Teacher , Patrul Rinpoche writes that there are hell beings trapped in the form of brooms, beams and so on. ItÂ’s infinite. I cannot really say, but I have to say that there are so-called inanimate phenomena in this world, and those inanimate phenomena donÂ’t have rig , kham or family. If a plant has the kham, then I guess you have to say that it has all these Buddha qualities.
but u need to request the pdf yourself, they don't allow sharing.
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They are exceptions of animate things.Originally posted by Herzog_Zwei:Are they inanimate?And what makes you so sure they do not undergo rebirth while humans do?
They do not have nervous system, are incapable of consciousness, and so on. -
Beings trapped in trees too... like the famous storey about the monkey spirit in the trees. (though NOT all trees have spirits, only some)Originally posted by sinweiy:http://khyentsefoundation.org/2007_07_rinpoche_on_buddha_nature.html
but u need to request the pdf yourself, they don't allow sharing.
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But as Buddhists we know not to be superstitious over them.
36 Kinds of Ghosts (translation by Sinweiy)
29. Tree dwelling ghost: dwells within the tree or under the tree; sometimes manifest as tree spirits to confuse foolish people to worship.
Oh it seems that the tree spirit has been very successful in its agenda
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sorry a stray thought from the topic.Originally posted by Herzog_Zwei:I believe that Karma as believed in Buddhism is very unreal.
but just wondering if anyone else saw these questions that follow:
what is real? what is not? are words real? ideas? is real really real?
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really really? :]