Reply To: Could bodily pain be due causes other than kamma vipaka?

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sybe07
Spectator

Our views and intentions and deeds have results for ourselves, but ofcourse also for other beings.

For example, our lifestyle has led to climate-change. Animals and people in certain regions suffer due to this change of climate. We in Holland do not suffer from climate change, yet. But their regions animals and people allready suffer due to climate-change.

Our materialistic greedy, over-consuming, comfort-oriented lifestyle in the west (and elsewhere) has led to the destruction of habitats for animals and also indigenous people in Africa, Indonesie etc.

Can we say these aninmals and people reap only the fruits of their own views, intentions and deeds? No, i belief not. We are in fact responsible for a lot of suffering that other beings have to endure.

I think it is not reasonble to belief that all the suffering is due to ones own views, own intentions and own deeds.

siebe