Dhamma

The Six Qualities of the Dhamma

The Dhamma is:

1. Svakkhato Bhagavata Dhammo - well-proclaimed by the Blessed One,
2. Sanditthiko - self-realized,
3. Akaliko - followed by fruit without delay (of immediate result),
4. Ehipassiko - worthy of the invitation "Come and see",
5. Opaneyyiko - brought to oneself,
6. Paccattam Veditabbo Vinnuhi - realized by the wise each for himself.

The Dhamma can be listened, studied, practiced and realized with great honor and adoration by those, not by ordinary person - but by the ones who accumulated meritorious deeds, who wish to enjoy peace and happiness. It is so valuable that it cannot be appraised and incomparable and superior to any other worldly treasure. But it is extremely difficult to come across, to listen and to learn because the Dhamma is available to us only when a Buddha appears.

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Egoless

Buddha once said:
Blissful is solitude for one who is content, learned & who see the True Dhamma.
Blissful is harmlessness towards all beings without exception.
Blissful is freedom from any sensual urge whatsoever.
Yet, the supreme bliss, is the elimination of the abysmal conceit “I am”!’
Udana – Inspiration: II – 1

Kamma

Brother Yin Onn,

Can you please help on these questions that my son sent to me:

Thought you might like to know my questions about Karma.

1) Who keeps track of karma?

NO ONE.

No one keeps track of a pen falling off a table, it Just Is!

No one tells you to drink when you are thirsty, it Just Is a Process of Cause and Effect.

No One makes you grow Up. It just is a symphony of hormones and genes, an entirely Impersonal process.

Kamma is Impersonal, it is the process of natural laws. Energy can not be created or destroyed, merely converted fr one form to another, it too is impersonal and is the way it is!

2) If good begets good and evil begets evil, what determines what is good and what is evil?

The use of the words Good or Evil makes it difficult to understand, it is simply a cause giving rise to an effect ... what we call 'good causes' gives rise to what we call 'Good effects' but it is just a result.

Call it by any label, it does not matter......

You plant durian and you get durian, you plant bitter gould and you get bitter gould..... neither durian or bitter gould thinks of itself as Good or Evil, but durian is sweet and Bitter gould BITTER. Cause and Effect, .......

3) If good begets good and evil begets evil, then would karma be 'sort of' a just system?

You can again call it by such words but it is just words!!

Call it just system if you must, to me it is simply an Impersonal process, is a cup falling off a table and breaking "Just' ?

... it simply is!

4) Since it seems to be a just system, which implies that it is omniscient (knows and sees all), perhaps we can dare call karma a 'sort of' god?

Again why do we want to label, labelling carries LUGGAGE for it implies a lot of stuff which may NOT be accurate.

As in your example.....

So is falling off a table an act of divinity?...

Or just a simple act of Falling Off the Table!! Why label.

Thank you.