Is washing hands against Corona virus (Covid-19) afraid of retribution?VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=THICH CHAN TANH.

Question:  Namo Amitabha Buddha. , lately the Corona Virus (Covid-19) virus is spreading very fast and dangerous, but I have the advice that you should wash your hands regularly and touch dirty places. a lot of bacteria if they wash their hands then the bacteria will die and I would ask if that would make me lose my heart of compassion, create karma to kill sentient beings and get revenge? I hope that you can answer for me and I respect you for your merit.

What is killing?

The Buddha taught all sentient beings to have life, if intentionally taking their lives is all murder, but washing hands against viruses is not a murder and does not bear the karma of killing. . She uses examples for us to bring about enlightenment on this issue. Murder: killers themselves, wrong killers.

Thus in killing karma include: the object to kill; the subject was killed; the cause of death.

Buddha's teachings in the Sutta

In the sutta on the cause of the monks to use cloth to filter drinking water, because when Maudgalyayana used the celestial eye, he saw puddles with many germs, so he did not drink water, and then he went to white Buddha, the Buddha taught that : You should use humiliation when you go to get drinking water, but you should not use heavenly eyes and Maudgalyayana when using humiliation, you do not see any germs, this Buddha taught monks to get cloth to filter water before drinking .

"The Buddha taught that he should use his eyesight when drinking water, but should not use his natural eyes."

Then, to constitute a crime of killing, it must include: The cause of death, which is the object of killing, must see the object to be killed with humiliation (naked eye); kill themselves or induce people to kill.

The story of Arahant, when He saw that Arhat was the first eye in heaven, but He was blind (the flesh eye). One day he went on a business trip, he stepped on many dead termites. The Bhikkhu-stilts have not attained enlightenment yet, so they can not know about him, immediately White Buddha with the decry is that he is A Na Luat, said that he saw the natural vision and did not see the termites, but still stomped. die them too. The Buddha taught: "All the termites that Na Na Law stepped on, are due to predestined, so after death they will be born to heaven."

This story of cause and effect: The predestination of death is that Arahim does not see the eyes with eyes (humiliation); Mr. Na Na Law did not intentionally kill the termites, so Mr. Na Na Law was not the SISTER of termites. The predestined relationship makes the termite after being born natural: Here is due from the previous lives, these termites have created the blessings, but due to a predestined relationship that was born as a termite animal. just like that, and the karma they created in the past had the karmic affair of how to die, being stomped to death, just like the case of Mrs. Mâm Lợi, her lady was very cultivating, but she still had a predestined karma, she was afraid. shy without repentance, so after she died she was born in hell for 7 days, after 7 days she followed the blessings she created and was born to heaven.

And there is one more condition that causes the termites to be born in heaven, that is, Arahant did not intentionally kill them, they were transferred to karma due to their karma but they were connected to the Saints who ended their greed and compassion. completely immaculate, when the termites die, there is only their karma. In this predestined story, all objects have no mental connection to each other: the object that causes death does not see the dead object; unintentional killing: self-kill or wrong kill

Handwashing anti-virus fear of karmic retribution?

All things: washing hands to prevent disease; oral, vaccination or cure are not guilty of killing and are not subject to the karma of killing.

Washing hands to prevent illness is not subject to the karmic retribution of karma.

We Buddhists deeply believe in cause and effect, we should work hard to practice many good deeds and take serious practice in disease prevention for ourselves and for the community.END=GOLDEN AMITABHA MONASTERY=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=THICH CHAN TANH.AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.7/4/2020.