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Why is there a saying that "good people do not live long, and the scourge will last for thousands of years"?

The sister-in-law's negative emotions have been at their peak recently, and her mournful look made her whole face full of wrinkles. Her daughter, my niece, is 33 years old and can't think about jumping off a building because of leukemia. A child like a flower and jade, he ruthlessly abandoned his relatives like this.

The eldest sister-in-law came to the hospital to visit her brother (my husband), and when she entered the door, she turned on the complaining mode: "Why do good people suffer so much, bad people are free, you often say cause and effect, where is cause and effect?" Look at the treacherous and bad people around you, calculating others everywhere, fanning the flames, but living a happy and moist life, proud of the spring breeze, eating and drinking well, and in good health, why don't they have karma? It's really 'good people don't live long, and the scourge will last for a thousand years'!"

My daughter is such a good girl, a person who is afraid of killing a chicken, and passed away early. My brother is such an upright person, from a young age to a lobby, jealous of evil, orderly and reasonable, in the eyes of everyone is recognized as a good person, how can he get cancer? I really don't understand, why don't good people repay it? You have also learned Buddhism, chanting scriptures, worshiping Buddhas, releasing living beings, and making offerings, but the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas have not helped you avoid disasters and disasters. How can this be justified! ”

Once they find that the "good and evil people" do not immediately present the corresponding retribution, they begin to doubt cause and effect, and even think that there is no karma in the world at all. After breeding the idea that "good people do not live long, and disasters will last for thousands of years", they began to complain about the injustice of God, let alone believe in the principle that cause and effect are not ambiguous.

Turning around, analyze a question: Is it correct to say that "good people do not live long, and disasters will last for thousands of years"? Is there retribution for good and evil?

To understand these questions, we must understand the principle of cause and effect of the three lifetimes: the causes of the past inspire the results of the present; The cause of the present inspires the fruit of the future. There is an inevitable causal relationship between the past, present and future three lifetimes. "Good is rewarded with good, evil is rewarded with evil" is an ironclad rule, but the retribution of good and evil does not necessarily appear immediately after people do good or evil, but will go through a process, which is called causal maturity.

This also explains why the cause of the present does not present the result immediately. You can imagine that planting thistles in the ground, watering and irrigating, and bathing in sunshine and rain will bear fruit after a certain amount of time and a certain causal relationship. Of course, there are also great traitors and evil people who have done all the bad things, and the cause and effect have matured rapidly, and they will be punished by law in this life, ending their sinful lives.

Everything in the world is made up of cause and effect, and everyone you meet in your life has its corresponding cause.

Some bad people are still enjoying happiness, which is also a causal relationship, precisely the good causes they planted in their past lives are ripe, and the good results they enjoy now, but this enjoyment is just a dream bubble, changing impermanently anytime and anywhere. And the evil causes he planted in this life will definitely bear evil results at some point in the future. Karma follows you like a shadow, and there will be no mistake!

In the eyes of people in this life, the so-called good people may have been indiscriminately killed in the past, causing infinite suffering to countless sentient beings. In this life alone, I don't know how many fresh lives have been harmed!

When we feel unfair, we know that those beings who have been hurt by us are also crying out for grievances, and some say: This person is too cruel, he has skinned me alive and cramped, and I want to take revenge; Some said: He is simply a devil, he scraped my scales and disemboweled my belly, ate me, and ate thousands of children in my belly, and I want to take revenge; Others said: He destroyed my whole family with a pack of rat poison, and I want to take revenge...... When will the grievances end?

This is the sin that the so-called "good people" have created intentionally or unintentionally, and those who are hurt by "good people" should die? Aren't these causes and effects ripe?

If cause and effect are not ambiguous, can these sins be absolved just by reciting some sutras and doing some good deeds? Merit is merit, and mistake is fault, these will not be erased and offset by merit. In front of Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, all beings are equal. Buddhas and Bodhisattvas will think of all ways and do everything they can to liberate sentient beings, so that they can easily repay the retribution after they become saints. The point is, do we have any devout learning from Buddhas and Bodhisattvas?

"All the evil karma created in the past was caused by greed, anger, and foolishness without beginning. From the body, speech, and mind, everything I now repent. Now that we know the truth of cause and effect in the three worlds, we repent of our past bad karma and start planting good causes and bearing good results from the present.

Namo Qiang Buddha said in "Liberation Mahamudra": "...... The only way out now is to diligently and courageously practice the mind and practice, strictly abide by the precepts, develop true bodhicitta, practice true Buddhism, and practice all good karma in body, speech, and mind......

cause and effect are impartial and will not protect anyone. Good is rewarded with good, and evil is rewarded with evil, not without retribution, the time has not come, and when the time comes, it must be retributed. Don't be fooled by something "good people don't live long, and the scourge will last for a thousand years", that is, people who don't understand cause and effect spread rumors and don't know how many sentient beings have been harmed. Believing in cause and effect, practicing good cause and effect, and changing cause and effect in practice is the vane of right view.

2024-02-05 18:02
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