[Buddha-l] Sharon Stone and Karma

[[DPD Web] Shen Shi'an]

And er... clobber with the Middle Way too...
not too hard or too soft - but with just the right effort.

Too hard and it's a knockout instead of a "wakeup" call!
Too soft and it's just gentle chiding without effect!

-----Original Message-----
From: Curt Steinmetz [mailto:curt at cola.iges.org] 
Sent: Thursday, 29 May, 2008 11:30 AM
To: Buddhist discussion forum
Subject: Re: [Buddha-l] Sharon Stone and Karma

If you clobber with a pure mind and no attachment to the result then 
it's OK. Otherwise - just make sure to sneak up from behind and run away

quickly.
Curt

[DPD Web] Shen Shi'an wrote:
> Clobbering 'em? Tsk tsk.... bad karma!
> Clobbered? Tsk tsk... bad karma!
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Curt Steinmetz [mailto:curt at cola.iges.org] 
> Sent: Thursday, 29 May, 2008 10:53 AM
> To: Buddhist discussion forum
> Subject: Re: [Buddha-l] Sharon Stone and Karma
>
> The correct answer whenever anyone states that someone else's
misfortune
>
> is due to bad karma is to clobber them over the head - and then
express 
> your condolences for their bad karma. That is letting them off easy.
> Curt
>
> [DPD Web] Shen Shi'an wrote:
>   
>> My response to Stone's remark is this...
>>
>> Karma : Is It?
>>
>> Q: Isn't it their negative karma that they are suffering? 
>> A: If it isn't negative karma, I don't know what it is. But it is
hard
>> to tell what specific karma was created to deserve the suffering -
the
>> causes can be mixed with common collective karma and different
>> individuals' karma. But that is not the point at all. The point is
>>     
> that
>   
>> the negative karma of being uncompassionate is created by us when we
>> heartlessly turn away when they need help.
>>
>> Q: Why should those suffering from negative karma expect help?
>> A: If you are in their shoes - would you appreciate help? Your answer
>>     
> is
>   
>> the answer.
>>
>> (to be blogged in www.moonpointer.com soon)
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Weng-Fai Wong [mailto:wongwf at comp.nus.edu.sg] 
>> Sent: Wednesday, 28 May, 2008 5:51 PM
>> To: 'Buddhist discussion forum'
>> Subject: [Buddha-l] Sharon Stone and Karma
>>
>>
>> http://edition.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/05/28/stone.karma.ap/index.html
>>
>> Bad things happen to innocent people - "it's their karma".
>>
>> Weng-Fai
>>
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