Cause Effect

1.       If in the past we had committed robbery and created bad karma that will cause us to suffer from lungs and nose problems. But after we had started to uphold the precept of not stealing, our lung and nose problems will gradually diminish. Such is the truth that “upholding precepts can diminish karmic debts”.

2.       If in the life on does evil’ deeds and easily gets Angry; if one often gets jealous or likes to scold people, in the next life, karmic retribution will be rebirth with an ugly and crooked mouth.

3.       If in this life on mixes with people who disbelieve in the karmic retribution of the 3 periods time, and also embraces deviant and immoral, knowledge and values, in one’s next life one will have a low and deficient mind.

4.       A person is rich but is repulsive and ugly; this is because in the past one was generous but easily lost one’s temper.

5.       All the ill-omens and bad luck that we encounter in this life is a direct result of our past evil action and thoughts.

6.       Those who ill-treat animals in the past or in this present life will meet with many sicknesses in life.

7.       Behaving proud arrogant in the past life will result in being born despicable and lowly in this life.

8.       Even as we uphold precepts in this life, sometimes we will also incur bad karma and become sick. Just because we fell sick while upholding precepts, we should not be discouraged to continue this practice. While we are upholding precepts and still fall sick, this is a sign that our past bad karma has lessened. It is an early sign that our past bad karma has lessened. It is an early sign that our karma is diminishing.

9.      Sakyamuni Buddha originally attained to the state of such ness, where sicknesses are absent, but because he wanted to liberate people from the cycle of rebirth, he has to present himself as a normal being with a conditioned body that is subjective to sicknesses. Although when they are sick, their mental states are always clear, pure and blissful.

10.   Our human karma is quite unique, just as what we perceive is also different. For e.g.: A human being sees water as water; a ghost sees water as blood; heavenly beings sees water as crystal; a fish sees water as its home, and to leave it is equal to death.