Karma has no expiration date.
In our ignorance and delusion, we do not truly understand
karma. What we think, say, and do will assuredly come back to us—just as surely
as our ball thrown against a wall will ricochet back to us. This ricochet may
take a million lifetimes to come back to us, but regardless of the time span a
cause will give rise to a result. Many of us will say that we believe in karma.
Yet we behave like we do not. Please reconsider this. Have we become even a
little irritated with someone or something today? That was anger, and we have
not understood karma. Have we ever declared “I want pizza tonight!” (and
nothing else). Have we ever thought, Yes! That gap is enough for me to get into
the other lane. Those were greed—for taste, for self-interest. If we still have
ignorance and delusion, still feel anger and craving, then we have not really
understood causality. And instead of planting seeds to be born in the Pure
Land, we are continuing to plant the wrong seeds, those that would see us
suffering in samsara, over and over.
Venerable Wuling
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