Karma and Karma.VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=THE WOMEN OF THE SAKYA CLAN CHAN TANH. CAUSE, CAUSE AND EFFECT The Dhammapada speaks of the "Law of Cause and Effect." "Cause" means the cause, the seed, the seed that gives birth to a visible thing, or the force that gives birth to an invisible thing. fruit, which is the visible or invisible result of a seed sown. If there is no cause, there is no effect. If there is no effect, there is no cause. This is obvious to everyone. The characteristics of the “Law of Cause and Effect” are as follows: 1. How is the human being, the result is that: In the visible world, the material world or in the invisible world, the spirit is the same. If we want to have oranges, we have to plant orange seeds; If we want to have beans, we must sow beans. Even the globe is also causal, as scientists say the swirling dust clouds for a long time aggregated into a globe, so many dust particles are the cause, the earth is the fruit, etc.. Sow good deeds later. This will get good results, like studying hard, you will be good and pass the exam. Sowing bad deeds will bring bad results, like being lazy will lead to ignorance, stealing will lead to imprisonment, etc. 2. In the cause there is a result, in the result there is a cause: It is in the present cause that there is a future fruit; It is also in the present effect that there is a shadow of the past cause. Every thing, therefore, can be called a cause or an effect. For the past it is the effect, but for the future it is the cause. Cause and effect continue to spin like that forever. 3. A cause cannot alone produce results: Things in this universe are a combination of many causes and conditions. No cause can produce an effect on its own without the help of many other causes. These helping causes are called "characteristics". For example, a grain of rice needs the help of "conditions" such as soil, warmth, sunlight, air, water, fertilizer, labor, etc. to give birth to rice plants. strength, convenient opportunities to help "people" multiply and flourish. Every cause has both the characteristics of cause and condition, because it is the cause to produce its own effect and at the same time is also the condition to help other causes produce other results. For example, sunlight is the cause of heat, but at the same time, it is also a condition for the growth of seeds, for flowers and leaves, for the human eye to see the scenery, etc. 4. Visible causes can produce invisible effects and invisible causes can produce tangible results: For example, visible water, when "charming" with heat turns into invisible vapors dispersed in the air. When encountering cold, invisible water vapor turns into visible clouds floating in the sky. The visible body and invisible spirit of man are also interrelated and continue to follow each other. For example, thoughts of resentment (invisible cause) produce thoughts of revenge (invisible results). This invisible fruit becomes the cause of violence and killing (visible fruit). This tangible fruit will be the cause for the punishments of imprisonment and chains (visible results). Imprisonment, visible chains are the cause for the invisible results of sorrow and suffering. Invisible sorrow and suffering produce tangible results such as emaciation or death of the body, etc. Thus, cause and effect, in both visible and invisible worlds, in the two parts of the flesh and the spirit, are "destined" with each other and "born" with each other, just as there is only one precept, a single block that stop. 5. The development from cause to effect is sometimes fast, sometimes slow: Sometimes when the cause has just arisen, the result has already appeared, like when hitting the drum, the drum will immediately sound. Sometimes it takes a short time or a long time to form new fruits, such as from sowing seeds to reaping rice, from the day you go to school to the day you succeed. For reasons of speed and delay, in discovering the effect, we should not be hasty, but think that the law of cause and effect is not entirely correct, when we see that there are causes that have not yet produced effects. There is cause and effect right in this life (presentation). There is cause and effect in the next life (birth report). And there is also cause and effect separated by many lives (aftermath). For the world, there are days, hours, years, and this life. But all of these are just "milestones" that people set themselves to divide something infinitely long, without head or tail, formless and formless, which is "time". Thus the successive deaths of people (or of all things) have no effect on the planted causes. These causes still keep pursuing its vitality on the endless stream of time, so that when the time comes, the right time will bear fruit. 6. The life of the causes can be changed, changed by other causes: Once sown, a kernel will live its life stream. But man can sow many things. This cause is conditioned by the other, to hinder or aid growth and fruitfulness. For example, a jackfruit seed, if it is dried in the sun or stored carefully in a sealed box, will never grow, bloom and bear fruit. So one can transform this cause by other causes. One can suppress or completely eliminate the life of a cause by creating other causes, that is, creating other conditions to help or destroy. 7. Analysis of the form of cause and effect: In fact, we see that cause and effect are present in inanimate objects such as water that is burned by fire, it is hot when it is blown by the wind, and it freezes when it is cold. Causality in plants such as chili seeds produces chili plants, and chili plants produce chili peppers. Causality in animals such as birds that lay eggs. Eggs are the core, wait until they hatch into children, then the fruit. That bird returned as the cause, and produced another egg as the fruit. Cause and effect in people: Physically, the body of the four great elements is due to the innate blood of parents and nurtured by circumstances. So parents and circumstances are the cause, the adult child is the effect, and so on, cause and effect, the effect of birth, never ends. In terms of spirit, past thoughts and actions are causes, creating good or bad character in the present lifestyle is the result. This present character and way of life is the cause, to create our thoughts and actions in the future is the effect. 8. Benefits brought to us by understanding and applying the law of cause and effect: The law of cause and effect avoids superstition and false belief in theocracy. The law of cause and effect rejects the theory that "all things are born of a god and the authority rewards and punishes all beings". According to Buddhism, there was no divine being to reward and punish people. It is people who reward or punish themselves with their own actions. We reap in proportion to what we sow. It is man who creates his own destiny by doing good or evil, bringing himself to Nirvana or banishing himself to hell. As mentioned above, time progresses from cause to effect, sometimes fast, sometimes slow. There is a benevolence in this life that will only form results in the next life. As for the evil cause, created in this life, in the future or in the next life, they will suffer retribution. But the people of this world are kind and do good deeds, but still have accidents and suffering, it is because of the previous life that they created bad causes. The benevolent from this life, after they die, they will enjoy the happy results. RETRIBUTION "Karma" is the action, created by three places "body, speech, mind". The Buddha instructs us to be aware of the importance of karma, which is our "action", because only action is important, the main thing. Karma has two things: "special karma" and "communal karma". Special karma is the separate karma of each sentient being. Community karma is the common karma for many living beings living in the same situation. Like people who lived in war in a country at the time were all affected by war. Like being born in an advanced country, everyone enjoys a relatively complete material life. Having been born in the same family, a country or a nation, of course the karma must be related to each other. One person does good, thousands of people are affected, one tree blooms, and all the surrounding trees are fragrant. Karma can be divided into three characteristics: good is "good karma", bad is "evil karma", or bad is not bad karma is "unsigned karma". To be wholesome means to benefit sentient beings in the present as well as in the future. Evil means harm to sentient beings in the present as well as in the future. Just saying is not enough, words must be accompanied by actions to expect results. A man who speaks good things but does not do good things is of no benefit to anyone, like a beautiful flower without fragrance. According to Buddhism, dharma study will not be useful without actually practicing what you have learned, Buddhism is not a mere philosophy but the only path to enlightenment. Thus, only action, only karma is important, because it is karma that brings good or bad results to people and it is people who are really the owners of karma, creating karma, and When karma is done, it is impossible to avoid the results of karma. Creating evil karma is inevitable evil retribution. According to the teachings of the Buddha, we cannot beg for help, or bribe, or cheat in any way to change the law of cause and effect. Nor can we hide anywhere in the world, whether in the vast sky, in the midst of the deep ocean, or in the deep mountains and valleys, that we can avoid the consequences of our evil karma. No God, not even the Buddha, can interfere with the retribution of karma. I am responsible for my evil karma. That retribution can happen immediately, often called immediate retribution, or a long time after the evil act does not occur. Human rebirth depends on actions. Humans are reincarnated into fetuses. But those who do evil are reborn in misery, hell. People of good moral character are born in leisure, heaven. The unpolluted one enters Nirvana. Those who do evil deeds will have many troubles in this life and in the next life. That person will generate sorrow and sorrow when he sees the bad results of his evil karma. A butcher, living his life by killing pigs, suffered excruciatingly in his final days. Before he died, he had to roll on the floor, groaning and moaning terribly, like a pig being slaughtered. When he died, he was reborn in a miserable state. According to the law of cause and effect, what we do (body), what we say (speech), or what we think (mind) will have a good or bad effect on us. Whatever you sow, you will reap. Therefore, the only way is to avoid evil. Evil, no matter how small, should not be taken lightly. Therefore, the Buddha advised us to hurry to do good, to do good and to quickly avoid evil. Seize every opportunity to do good. Stop the mind from thinking of evil. For the mind of a person who is lazy in doing good will be inclined to love doing evil. When we have discerned good from evil, when we have resolved to abstain from doing evil, then we have to go one step further. It is not enough to avoid evil, it is necessary to do good, it is necessary to do good, even the smallest good things. The reason why the wise are perfect is because of the accumulation and practice of good deeds a little at a time. Once we have done good, have done good deeds, good times will be waiting for us. When one has done good, has created good karma, one has the right to exclaim the joy and happiness when seeing the good results of the good karma that one has created. Those who do good, good deeds, are happy in this life and the next. Both lives are happy because they have created merit, and even happier when the next life is born in a good realm. In order for happiness to last for a long time, to nurture good karma, the wise need to direct their bodily, verbal, and mental karma to good deeds. The wise not only take care of controlling the Body, but also take care of taming and protecting the Mind and Mind. Evil is that which originates from the three unwholesome roots of greed, hatred, and delusion. Those things associated with the three wholesome roots of generosity or generosity (non-greed), goodwill or loving-kindness (non-hatred) and wisdom (non-delusion) are considered wholesome, creating wholesome kamma. . We can say, the first teaching of the Buddha is not to do evil. With regard to evil, with regard to unwholesome, a definitive judgment is required. Buddhism teaches each person's responsibility towards himself, and the inevitable, inevitable nature of the law of cause and effect. We must reap the consequences of our karma. But it is not necessary to reap all the consequences of all actions in samsara. If that were the case, there would be no liberation, no escaping the cycle of birth and death. If in the past we lived loosely and distractedly, but in the future we knew how to be alert and diligent, knowing how to clean up the delusions and afflictions in the mind, it would still be praised. Going further if we try to create a strong good karma sometimes we can prevent bad karma from ripening. Bad karma brings people to a miserable state, but suffering is not an eternal hell that sentient beings are required to stay in forever. When the bad karma is paid off, the unfortunate person can also be reborn in another realm, happy and happy, thanks to the good deeds created.END=NAM MO SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).WORLD VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST ORDER=BUDDHIST DHARMA WHEEL GOLDEN MONASTERY=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=THE WOMEN OF THE SAKYA CLAN CHAN TANH.AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.5/12/2021.