Mark of the Cause
Because valuable treasures came about through good
causes, wretched items should also come from evil causes. Anything you do the
results will appear according to the mark of the cause. That is why you should
choose to do good from the beginning, since it will be the path for everything
that is good and pure to flow. Nothing will be able to stop the people who do
good from receiving the benefit of doing them, just like the shadow that is
always with the person. Even if the body is to perish, and eons may have
passed, the mind which has collected merits and sins is undying. Good and evil,
happiness and sorrow, all of these stay with the mind throughout the
incarnations the mind goes through. That is why a person never receive equal
amounts of happiness and sorrow. It is also why the mind is the most important
part of a living creature.
The Buddhists have accumulated merits without rest
because they realize that the body will one day break apart and are afraid that
they will reincarnate in a bad place and receive unpleasant consequences. They
trained their minds to attune to goodness such as charity, precepts, and
meditation to prevent that from happening when they have the chance. The mind
will be at peace because it is nourished by Dhamma. When they leave the world,
Dhamma will cause them to receive further happiness. The lives of the people
who are supported by Dhamma will be calm, full of delight, and happy in their
respective lives.
Venerable Ācariya Mahā Boowa Ñānasampanno
Dhamma talk for the mass at Wat Arun Rangsri, Nong Khai
On March 24th 1961
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