Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Recently, i tidy my place and found this book when i was cleaning my drawer. I chanced upon this book call 'Be a Lamp Upon Yourself' basically is about Buddhism. For people to have an deeper understanding over Buddhism. 1 of my favourite chapter is actually Karma.

What is Karma?
"Karma" means action. It refers to the intentional deeds we do with our body, speech and Mind through action, talking and thinking. Karma is the law that every deed done, given the conditions, will bear certain fruits. A short extract from the book.

How does Karma work?
All deeds leave imprints or seeds on our consciousness, which ripen into our experiences when the appropriate conditions come together. For example, if we help someone with a kind heart, this action leaves a positive imprint on our mindstream. when conditions are suitable, this imprint will ripe in our receiving of help when we need it.

Karmic seeds continue with us from lifetime to lifetime. However, if we do not create the cause or Karma for something, we will not experience that result. If one does not plant a certain seed, that plant will not grow. The Buddha taught:

According to the seed that is sown,
so is the fruit you reap.
The doer of good will gather good result.
The doer of evil will reaps evil result.
If you plant a good seed well,
Then you will enjoy the good fruits.

Quote from this book Be a Lamp Upon Yourself. ps. I scare later get sue by them about copyright thing. As a poly student, 1 of thing we are constantly taught by the lecturer not to commit Plagiarism act therefore, i better be on the safe side. Haha...
Karma is real, tested and proven on me LOLx...

Meeting my lab mates later at raffles shopping centre so today no running...sianed

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