Re: The evil fruits of bad Karma

Awaken21 wrote:

> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Riku Simonen) wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> > If the Law of Karma truly exists than poor, handicapped, mentally ill
> > etc. people are just "enjoying" the evil fruits of his/her previous
> > evil action. What a disturbing thought what is hard to accept.
> >
> > Riku
>
> They also may have "chosen" these conditions for other reasons. You're
> judging good and evil, which is not the way Karma works and not a
> particularly skillful way of viewing it. Remember what happened to
> Adam & Eve, they got treated rather severely for doing the same thing
> :-)
>
> No one gets what they deserve, everyone gets what they've created, for
> whatever reason, and not one spec of it has any quality of good or
> evil or right or wrong, it's impossible for any individual to judge in
> the way you are attempting to.
>
> Also dwelling on the intricacies of Karma is not really a useful way
> to spend your effort, the energies are better served in other
> pursuits. However if it really disturbs your practice efforts perhaps
> a little deeper study on your part of Scriptures and Doctrines
> concerning Karma might help you resolve the dilemma within yourself.

before sardines are canned,
they're live fish. it's not until
they're dead and stale that
they begin to smell fishy.