"In conventional truth through viññāṇa-view, isn't it taught to believe in kammassaka-sammādiṭṭhi - wholesome and unwholesome kamma?
#Unwholesome_kamma leads to suffering in hell, animal, peta realms. #Wholesome_kamma leads to human and deva realms.
#One_who_truly_believes_in_kamma won't seek fortune tellers or spirit mediums. #They_won't_create_new_unwholesome_kamma.
#When_sīla_is_complete, doesn't health improve? The five precepts are crucial.
Even Sakka (king of devas) bows to those with pure sīla. #Sakka_pays_respect_to_those_with_pure_sīla who support their families and parents.
#How_can_those_without_sīla worship various deities? Consider how even Sakka bows to the virtuous!
Remember Janaka prince in the ocean? #Those_without_sīla became fish food, but he kept his precepts for seven days and was saved by the devi Manimekhala.
#Breaking_the_five_precepts is unwholesome kamma. #Maintaining_them is wholesome kamma."
"Is human birth from unwholesome or wholesome kamma? What wholesome actions lead to it? The five precepts. Through sīla-kusala we become humans or devas.
There's the story of #Guna_the_naked_ascetic who taught that kamma doesn't always give immediate results. The general Alāta supported this view, saying he was a cattle butcher in his previous life but now a high-ranking official.
But Princess Rujā (Ānanda's previous life) explained to King Aṅgati:
'The general sees only two lives, but I see seven. His current fortune is from past good kamma, but #when_that_cattle_killing_kamma_ripens, he'll fall to hell realms.'
Sakka had to intervene to explain the truth about kamma.
This teaches us:
- Unwholesome kamma leads to lower realms
- Wholesome kamma leads to human birth
- Kamma fruits may ripen at different times
- We must understand kamma's workings correctly"
This story illustrates the complexity of kamma and the importance of understanding its operation correctly, rather than drawing wrong conclusions from limited observation.
Sadhu! Together let us keep the Dharma wheel rolling.
