Can understanding karma help us to understand the events in our lives better?
Yes, it can. The happiness we experience comes from our previously created positive actions. Understanding this encourages us to act constructively and not sit back passively when opportunities to be kind appear. When we experience some difficulties in life, we should reflect on the type of action we must have done that created the cause for this result. This will encourage us to be more aware of what we think, say, and do. Studying the Buddha’s teachings enables us to learn more about specific actions and their results. Then we can change our behavior and plant more seeds in our mindstreams to experience desirable results. A text called “The Wheel of Sharp Weapons” is particularly good in explaining the effects produced by certain actions and the way to change our attitudes and actions to create the cause of happiness.
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