Friday, February 5, 2010

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.

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