[Buddha-l] Re: Buddhist pacifism

[Kate]

>
> I guess they must do - due to their low realm. I mean, if you had a gang
> of humans chewing away at your floor beams, would you risk having a bash
> at them?

LOL...... Sounds like something out of the Twilight Zone.  Have a bash at
them?  No way!  And this decision has nothing to do with karma-vipaka.

>  From what I understand,  it is not the seeds of karma that one has for a
> rebirth in another realm that takes one out of this realm. The karma one
> has accumulated for this realm has to be expended in order to leave this
> realm. Only then do other karmas kick in.

Thanks, Mike.  I'll add this to my growing list of subjects to look up.

Kate