PEOPLE WHO ARE SUFFERING FROM RETRIBUTION ARE PRONE TO CREATING NEW NEGATIVE KARMA
Master Jun Hong Lu: Those with a negative mental attitude are prone to accumulating karmic obstacles. When they are hateful towards others and survive on a steady diet of negative thinking, karmic obstacles will soon find their way to them. In this human realm, those who have been hurt emotionally or physically tend to be more impulsive which results in their creation of more karmic obstacles.
We often generate karmic obstacles when we are hurt, be it physically or mentally. When we are hurt in a relationship, immediately, we set our mind to take revenge which engenders karmic obstacles. This also applies to physical harm that others inflict on us. Our yearning for revenge gives rise to karmic obstacles.
The fact is, if we look back in retrospect, we may realise the initial hurt suffered was not as serious as we had thought. More importantly, time has healed the wound, be it mental or physical, and it has become a thing of the past.
Many people suffer intense pain when it happens. However, as time passes, they may just forget about it and do not feel that much pain anymore. We know how it feels to be hurt, why do we still want to hurt others?
Non-Buddhist practitioners are ordinary people who are filled with unexplainable anger. Buddhist practitioners, on the other hand, are able to control this anger. Ordinary people who feel hurt tend to hurt others, sowing in themselves the seeds of negative karma. When someone scolds you and you feel hurt, you will want to fight back. However, if you refrain from doing so, you no longer sow the new seeds of karma and hence, you will be spared from the consequences of karma in the future.
Source: Master Jun Hong Lu’s Buddhism In Plain Terms, Volume 11 Chapter 28
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