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The monk ( or say "if I was the monk), would have stopped the raider to kill the passengers. What karma?! If beings are MEANT to suffer from Karma, then Budda did not need to teach us the ways to attend enlightment.
If we let Karma leads our ways, then there is no Dharma centre, no hospital and no Buddha teachings etc etc etc. We, as buddha student, should put aside this Karma/Should/Shouldn't matters for one moment and listen to ourselves----> Do you let other beings suffer? The answer is clear and short--->we try our best to help; that is Compassion and that is what we are taught for.
Thus, we still donate money / effort to help those who suffer from hunger and sickness eventhough we KNEW that they are suffering form their negative Karma. If one has a compassion / bodichitta heart, one does not really need to recite so many mantra as I think Bodichitta is the essence of Buddaism. ( together with the understanding of Emptiness---And of course, the true understanding of emptiness should be built upon Bodichitta, but it is getting to complicated here, we 'll discuss this later on) |
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