14. Cause and effect

A truly charitable person will perform charitable deeds without the thought of getting name or rewards. To expect name and rewards in doing charity is selfish. Such motives, in name of charity. will only lead to demerits and creating future Karmic affliction.


All evil deeds spring from the following 10 evil Roots: Wanton Killing, stealing, Sexual misconduct, False Speech, scandalous gossip, speaking with double-tongue, Bad mouthing, Greed, Hatred, and Ignorance. If one commits these 10 evils, in the next life, one will be reborn into realms of hell, Animals or hungry ghost_ The 3 terrifying evil realms of Karmic Retribution.


If we break precepts, and with the fruition of past karma, we will become sick. As an example: Bringing forth evil and jealous thoughts to those who practice "bringing forth the Bodhicitta". will result in blindness.


A selfish miser in the past life will come as a pauper in this life.


In this life one indiscriminately criticisms others, in the next life one will be reborn with disabilities in speech, and ulcers will often grow in the mouth.

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.