The Doctrine Of Karma And Survival

There are two other principal  teaching of the Buddha that a student of Buddhism ought to be acquainted with. They are Kamma and rebirth or repeated existence. These are two principal  tents of Hinduism too, but there they are permeated with the notion of self or soul (atma) which Buddhism categorically denies.
Karama is the law of moral causation. Basically it is violation. “Violation , O Monk  , I declare is “kamma”. Having willed man acts, by deed word thought is the Buddha’s definition. Violation which is will, a force  is a factor of the mind. kamma is the action or seed. The effected or fruit is known as kamma -vipaka .Violations may be good or ill, so action may be  wholesome  or unwholesome according to their results. This endless play of action and reaction, cause and effect, seed and fruit. continues in perpetual motion, and this is becoming (bava)  a continually changing process of the psycho-physical phenomena of existence.Having willed, man acts through body, speech and mind and actions bring out reactions. Craving gives to rise to deed, deed produces results, result in return bring about new desires, new craving. This process of cause and effect action and reactions. is natural law. It is a law in it self with no need for low -giver. An External agency or power or God that punishes the ill deeds, and rewards the good deed has no place in Buddhist thought. Man is always changing either for good or for ill. this changing is unavoidable and depend entirely on his own will, his own action, and no nothing else, This is merely the Universal natural law of the conservation of energy extended to the moral domain”
The world seems to be imperfect and ill balanced. Among us human beings, let alone the animal kingdom, we see some born in the misery, sunk in deep distress and supremely unhappy: others are born in to  state of abundance and happiness, enjoy a life of luxury and know comparatively  little of the wolds’s woe. Again a chosen few are gifted with keen intellect and great mental capacity, while many are stepped in ignorance. How is it that some of us are blessed with health, beauty and friends, while others are pitiful weaklings, destitute and lonely ? How is it that some are born to enjoy long life while others pass away in the  full bloom of the youth? Why are some blessed with affluence, fame and recognition ,while others are utterly neglected? These are intricate problems that demand a solution.
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From Book of Buddhism Living massage by Ven, Narada Maha Thero 
Source : theenlightenmentpath

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