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**77chawzence** · 12-25-2011, 11:01 AM

I see a person's sexual orientation to be simply the result of that person's accumulated past karma. What type of karma would cause a person to have homosexual tendency? I don't know. But since it is the result of their karma, I do know that there is no need treat people with different sexual orientation differently
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Speculating about the results of karma was unconjecturable according to the Buddha.

AN 4.77 - Acintita Sutta: Unconjecturable

"There are these four unconjecturables that are not to be conjectured about, that would bring madness & vexation to anyone who conjectured about them. Which four?

"The Buddha-range of the Buddhas is an unconjecturable that is not to be conjectured about, that would bring madness & vexation to anyone who conjectured about it.

"The jhana-range of a person in jhana...

"The [precise working out of the] results of kamma...

"Conjecture about [the origin, etc., of] the world is an unconjecturable that is not to be conjectured about, that would bring madness & vexation to anyone who conjectured about it.

"These are the four unconjecturables that are not to be conjectured about, that would bring madness & vexation to anyone who conjectured about them."

http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipit....077.than.html
For a Mahayana article about karma, its worth reading 'Karma doesn't explain anything" by the American teacher Ken Mcleod, who was a student of the late Kalu Rinpoche:

http://www.unfetteredmind.org/karma-two-approaches/2

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77chawzence Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 546 Senior Member	I see a person's sexual orientation to be simply the result of that person's accumulated past karma. What type of karma would cause a person to have homosexual tendency? I don't know. But since it is the result of their karma, I do know that there is no need treat people with different sexual orientation differently . Speculating about the results of karma was unconjecturable according to the Buddha. AN 4.77 - Acintita Sutta: Unconjecturable "There are these four unconjecturables that are not to be conjectured about, that would bring madness & vexation to anyone who conjectured about them. Which four? "The Buddha-range of the Buddhas is an unconjecturable that is not to be conjectured about, that would bring madness & vexation to anyone who conjectured about it. "The jhana-range of a person in jhana... "The [precise working out of the] results of kamma... "Conjecture about [the origin, etc., of] the world is an unconjecturable that is not to be conjectured about, that would bring madness & vexation to anyone who conjectured about it. "These are the four unconjecturables that are not to be conjectured about, that would bring madness & vexation to anyone who conjectured about them." http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipit....077.than.html For a Mahayana article about karma, its worth reading 'Karma doesn't explain anything" by the American teacher Ken Mcleod, who was a student of the late Kalu Rinpoche: http://www.unfetteredmind.org/karma-two-approaches/2
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