On May 14, 2:45 pm, "Jakub A. Krzewicki" <ebre...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> =B6roda, 14 maja 2008 09:11. carbon entity 'Peter Terpstra'
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> > Jakub A. Krzewicki in <g0dhrv$9n...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >> And what about karma? This disaster which met the Chinese people was
> >> actually caused by the actions of the Chinese government.
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> > Karma has nothing to do with this as far as i know, earthquakes are
not
> > caused by human karma but by nature.
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> > Kind regards,
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> > Peter
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> There is also some collective karma of nations.
Opinions differ. I find the concept of individual karma, explanatory
and useful, often 'collective karma' unhelpful and fatalistic, or in
this particular example a bit too much like an 'old testament God'.
Buddhist notions of karma seem to be well mixed up nowadays with
differing concepts from Hindu, new age etc creating a confusing mish
mash of concepts.
In my opinion in China there will be individuals generating good
karma, neutral karma, and bad karma. The 'web' of all of this is far
too complex to call. Remember the Butterfly effect:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butterfly_effect
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