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To all or none,

Karma applies to anyone and everyone,may one beleive or not in it.
Cannot give more details than that.

With compassion
loong

For me karma is what you did to others.

To Nancy,

What about the good you did to yourself?

loong

If you never did any bad things then you should be okay when you die.

If you mean someone who did bad things and also good things then the good things should not erase the bad things so I hope karma still get these people.

That's my opinion (and hope because awful people RARELY get what they deserve here on our level...speaking of that i often think that where we are is worst than hell) of karma.

To Nancy

Good living will erase a bit of the bad karma,but not all of it.

Karma can be instant and can be in the future.The 2 boys that stabbeb me, will have to pay a karma simular to the act done.

loong

To all or none,

First,you have no idea how much pleasure the birthday cake ,does to me.I want to thank the or group of persons that thought about that.

Second a short text by Banthe.

Friends:
Cause & Effect: Action & Reward:
Giving is the prime cause of Wealth!
No giving = no wealth, much giving = much future wealth!
Giving Food, one gives and later gets Strength!
Giving Clothes, one gives and later gets Beauty!
Giving Medicine, one gives and later gets Health!
Giving Shelter, one gives and later gets Protection!
Giving Transport, one gives and later gets Swift Ease!
Giving Lamps, one gives and later gets Light and Sight!
Giving Learning, one gives and later gets Intelligence!
Giving True Dhamma, one gives & later gets Deathlessness!
Thus this gift of True Dhamma exceeds all other gifts...


loong

To My Teacher,

If life only begins when there is breath from a new born,What happens to KARMA during those 9 months?And when will rebirthing happen?

loong the learner

The idea behind this belief is that the mindstream, the samskaras, are not tied to a particular physical body until that moment of the first breath. They are attracted at conception, but not yet tied until the first breath. Others believe it is tied at conception. So there is some variation. But in general it isn't of as much interest in Buddhism as it is in say, Christianity. Partly because of the belief in rebirth - because of that there is a different relationship to life.

Hi Nancy, this is part of karma, but it is also about your state of awareness. Really karma manifests as our own awareness. And when we are in a state of awareness in which we can do harmful things to others, we are mired even deeper in delusion - further from our true essence of enlightenment - than when we do good things.

But it is never just about those actions because we could be doing good things for the wrong reasons (attention, reward, etc.) And then we are no closer to enlightenment than if we haven't done those things. In fact, if we get attached to them, we may move even further away.

So our actions are just one part of it in Buddhism. It is also always about where we are in our minds, what our relationship is to others and ourselves in our minds, and whether we can see ourselves and all beings as one, and hold them and ourselves with compassion based on this.

Dear Lisa,

You mentionned in a post that some lineages permitted abortion,could you please name some.

loong