13. Cause and effect

Do not simply pour hot water onto the ground. This because many small inserts (cause) live in the ground. This reckless action will harm their lives and moreover it will result in our having a short life (results).


Human beings and animals alike are all born by mothers. The only difference is both are born in different realms. After being born with different "Forms and appearances" into different environments, we could not recognize who we really were. And so those beings who were born in the human realm take the advantage to kill and eat those born into the animal realms. Eventually we have "to pay an eye for an eye. a life for a life", the Vicious Cycle of Rebirth goes round and round.....


Because of bad Karma created in the past, sickness present themselves in this life.


The Sutra states:" To hinder a person from renouncing the world to become a monk will lead one to the evil realms, and later one will reborn as a blind person."


In the past, we may have caused bad Karma which was supposed to result in us going into hell or into ghost realms as Karmic retribution. But due to our determination to upkeep precepts, we only suffer a little headache has disappeared, the Karma also vanished, and we are at peace and are well again.

12. Cause and effect

If one has a jealous heart, despises others, criticizes and scandalizes practitioners of the way, .. In one's next life. one will have poor, if any, affinities with others.


If in this life one's hobby is netting fish and trapping birds and animals. In the next life one will be separated from one's kith and kin, from one's parents, brothers, sisters, spouse and children.


Sometimes it is rather difficult to say who actually is doing the direct or indirect killing. For example: A Butcher (Direct killing) kills and sells meat to buyer (indirect killing). Sometimes after the butcher has finished killing and selling the meat, he still have many buyers. These buyers are willing to pay and instruct the butcher to kill and sell meat to them. At such times, these buyers (direct killing) are involved in the killing of animals. And the butcher (indirect killing) becomes a will party to the killing of the poor animals. Lastly: "Eating produces eating effects. Killing produces killing effects". Cause produces Effect, Effects have their Causes.