Reply To: Five Niyamas-Does Every Unfortunate Event Always Have Kamma As A Root Cause?

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sybe07
Spectator

Rishi said: “Refering back to lals example of angulimala who killed thousands before attaining arahathhood it was his mindset of being a arahath that stoped all the kamma vipaka”.

Angulimala did according to tradition suffer from stones being thrown at him while he went to villages. Ofcourse, people did hate the man who killed their beloved ones.

There will be few persons, i think, who do not think that such crimes do not need public retaliation and imprisonment. I do not understand why Angulimala was not imprisoned. I find it strange there is so little concern for the welfare of those killed and those family-members of the killed ones.

I remember the Buddha advised Angulimala to bear this trowing of stones. I also have seen Lal teaches that the mindset of an arahant or even a Budddha does not stop all kamma-vipaka in this life.