[Buddha-l] Re: H.H. The Dalai Lama on Stone and Karma

Mike Austin mike at lamrim.org.uk
Tue Jun 17 08:10:10 MDT 2008


In message <Pine.SOC.4.64.0806172138070.19902 at suna0.comp.nus.edu.sg>, 
Wong Weng Fai <wongwf at comp.nus.edu.sg> writes

>"Ordinary people only see the fruits and ignore the causes.
> The wise ones only concern themselves with the causes and ignore the
> fruits."

Quite so. The purpose of the teachings on karma is more to address one's 
present behaviour, not to speculate on one's past behaviour. And even 
less to speculate on the behaviour, past or present, of others.

-- 
Metta
Mike Austin


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