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Thank you Lal for the explanation.
I was discussing this with a retired Scientist (who is also on “the path”) and his explanation was similar – i.e due to the illness, the brain signals to the mind are “corrupt” and this causes various forms of images to be presented and would explain the resulting behaviour.Thank you Lal. It does make sense.
Does the same apply to non-anantariya kamma too?
I am assuming it is a complex relationship between cause and effect and not a one-to-one relationship.
Thank you Lal.
I was reading an article on Ven. Moggallana’s life. I was curious about the information regarding the passing away of Ven. Moggallana after being beaten by bandits. From what I understood, he killed his parents in a previous life.
Ref: https://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/authors/hecker/wheel263.html#ch9
10. The Death of Maha MoggallanaFrom your explanation, once a person commits an anantariya karma, the results follow at the end of the current life.
Given the above, does the karmic energy from an anantariya karma get expended completely before being born in another plane? i.e. does the sentence have to be completed in full before another life form begins?
According to Ven. Moggalana’s life, the kammic energy from the anatariya karma was still present as a result of which he was beaten by bandits.
Thank you Lal for the excellent explanation.
So, essentially, once in the Gandhabba state, the thoughts (good or bad) of any human beings towards the life that he/she led do not have a bearing on where the Gandhabba ends up. It is only his/her own thoughts that determine the final destination?Thank you Lal.
I guess one should not have anger towards the person who is committing wrong (i.e. in most cases, we get angry seeing such actions and as a result, we take some action).Hi,
How should an individual who is “on the path to Nibbana” respond in the following situations?A person blatantly breaks the law (could be stealing from a Supermarket, a home-invasion / breakin or could be in a parking lot where they crash another vehicle and take off etc..)
Should the individual take any form of action or should they ignore the breaking of the law and drop the thoughts and move on? If they were to take some form of action (i.e. speak to the Manager about the stealing or speak to the owner of the house / damaged vehicle) does that belong to “dosakaya” or should any action taken be purely based on the rule of law with no dosa involved towards the law-breaker?
