DiscussWorldIssues - Socio-Economic Religion and Political Uncensored Debate - View Single Post

**JAMES PIETERSE** · 06-13-2012, 09:26 PM

We are all born perfect, right?

We are all born...

Please don't tell me it was accumulated in past lives!

Saying it was accumulated in past lives imo encourages extremist wrong views such as pubbekatahetuvada (Past-action determinism: the belief that all happiness and suffering arise from previous kamma), which the Buddha refuted. The Buddha taught a middle way between determinism (Pubbekatahetuvada) and indeterminism (ahetuappaccayavada).

However, it is not uncommon that some patujjana minds seek moral justification for all misfortune that falls upon them in life.

06-13-2012, 09:26 PM	#11
JAMES PIETERSE Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 520 Senior Member	We are all born perfect, right? We are all born... Please don't tell me it was accumulated in past lives! Saying it was accumulated in past lives imo encourages extremist wrong views such as pubbekatahetuvada (Past-action determinism: the belief that all happiness and suffering arise from previous kamma), which the Buddha refuted. The Buddha taught a middle way between determinism (Pubbekatahetuvada) and indeterminism (ahetuappaccayavada). However, it is not uncommon that some patujjana minds seek moral justification for all misfortune that falls upon them in life.
	Quote