Sunday, May 19, 2013

Karma and Fate


The artwork is The Bridge at Mama by Hakuin Ekaku

The Buddhist conception of karma is quit different from the Western notion of fate. Fate does not give us a choice. It is inexorable. Karma presents us with a set of possibilities from which we are free to choose. Thus, the river of our karma is always changing as we alter its course through our thoughts, words, and deeds.

---Red Pine---

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