A guest post by Lisa Runningbear for Powered by Intuition
Karma is a word that is pretty well known in our culture.
But, it isn’t well understood in terms of what it really means—that is, what the Buddha understands it to mean.
We think of it in terms of sayings like, “what goes around comes around”, “You get what you give” and “an eye for an eye.”
The truth of karma is about intention, not action
For example, if a woman cuts open a man’s chest and he dies, depending on her intention the karmic consequences will be different. If she is a surgeon and cuts his chest open to repair his heart, that is very different than if she stabbed him in a fit of rage.
Intention=consequence
As one Buddhist stated,... More...
