The Hidden Truth about your Food

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.