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**niemamczasu** · 01-06-2012, 02:41 PM

Hi Kaarine,

I have some questions in response to your post that I am curious about, if you don't mind...

No problem Yuan...

I can understand that you would not believe in an omnipotent God as a Buddhist. However, I cannot help but wonder why you do not accept the concept of kammic fate. Not as a consequence of a literal past life, stream of consiousness or other metaphysical concept, maybe because they are under the realm of speculation. I have to believe in that and I do not practice Dhamma from believes. Maybe, not believing, it is a kind of shortcoming I have had since childhood.

Also, it seems that the core teachings of Buddha are not supported by literal past lives, kammic fate, stream of consiousness or alaya-vijñana; seems that are ways to state literal past existence of a present being.

I understand Kammic fate as a consequence of Right View v.s Wrong View. Right View as it is taught in the Sammadhitti Sutta (MN 9). That is the only fate I can understand. Right View leads, in terms of fate, to the quenching of Dukkha.

01-06-2012, 02:41 PM	#10
niemamczasu Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 440 Senior Member	Hi Kaarine, I have some questions in response to your post that I am curious about, if you don't mind... No problem Yuan... I can understand that you would not believe in an omnipotent God as a Buddhist. However, I cannot help but wonder why you do not accept the concept of kammic fate. Not as a consequence of a literal past life, stream of consiousness or other metaphysical concept, maybe because they are under the realm of speculation. I have to believe in that and I do not practice Dhamma from believes. Maybe, not believing, it is a kind of shortcoming I have had since childhood. Also, it seems that the core teachings of Buddha are not supported by literal past lives, kammic fate, stream of consiousness or alaya-vijñana; seems that are ways to state literal past existence of a present being. I understand Kammic fate as a consequence of Right View v.s Wrong View. Right View as it is taught in the Sammadhitti Sutta (MN 9). That is the only fate I can understand. Right View leads, in terms of fate, to the quenching of Dukkha.
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