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**MarythePuppy6** · 11-13-2011, 04:16 PM

Do you have a link to that, please soundtrack ? I'd like to read it myself.

Sure: http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index....=8,714,0,0,1,0

Some highlights:

In Buddhism we speak of Cause and Result. We say that we have to bear the consequences of our actions. Still, people ask: "How can children of three or five years old have done such evil acts that they have to lose their parents or their own lives?" How can we explain the law of karma?

Whether we are Christian or Buddhist, this disaster poses questions for us. Christian believers ask: "How can God, who loves mankind, allow things like this to happen?" Buddhists ask: "How could people who have come with the best of intentions to help others and were doing charitable work, or innocent children, have committed such a crime that they should die in this way?"

Some people say that although during this lifetime they had not committed crimes they may have done so in a past life. We try to provide answers like this. When an aircraft explodes and crashes and nearly all the passengers die but one or two survive, we ask: "Why? Why did they not all die? Why did one or two live?" This shows us that karma has both an individual and collective aspect. This is insane. And don't tell me he's talking about scientific cause and effect here, i.e., "they chose the wrong seats".

11-13-2011, 04:16 PM	#4
MarythePuppy6 Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 550 Senior Member	Do you have a link to that, please soundtrack ? I'd like to read it myself. Sure: http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index....=8,714,0,0,1,0 Some highlights: In Buddhism we speak of Cause and Result. We say that we have to bear the consequences of our actions. Still, people ask: "How can children of three or five years old have done such evil acts that they have to lose their parents or their own lives?" How can we explain the law of karma? Whether we are Christian or Buddhist, this disaster poses questions for us. Christian believers ask: "How can God, who loves mankind, allow things like this to happen?" Buddhists ask: "How could people who have come with the best of intentions to help others and were doing charitable work, or innocent children, have committed such a crime that they should die in this way?" Some people say that although during this lifetime they had not committed crimes they may have done so in a past life. We try to provide answers like this. When an aircraft explodes and crashes and nearly all the passengers die but one or two survive, we ask: "Why? Why did they not all die? Why did one or two live?" This shows us that karma has both an individual and collective aspect. This is insane. And don't tell me he's talking about scientific cause and effect here, i.e., "they chose the wrong seats".
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