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Tibetan Buddhist Lamrin: Actions and Their Effects
For every action a person takes, there is an inevitable response, a consequence that will follow, connecting the action back to the source.
Just as a spider’s web provides support while also ensnaring the spider, individuals reap the rewards of their wise choices and endure the consequences of their unwise decisions.
Despite some people’s hope of evading repercussions for their actions, eventually, possibly even across multiple lifetimes, they will experience the suffering brought about by their poor choices.
The yoke of Personal Responsibility
Individuals harm others out of personal self-interest, believing they can escape accountability for their actions.
If people’s actions carried no repercussions, they would likely act on their worst desires and impulses.
Many religions and cultures create the idea of Hell as a universal deterrent against escaping consequences in one’s lifetime, in the hope that some may choose to behave morally to avoid eternal punishment.
Over time, this concept has become weighed down by legalistic interpretations, fruitless debates over…
