The Inevitable and Unerring Law of Cause and Effect

In the Dharma Ending Age, sentient beings are restless in mind, yet some deliberately cater to this restlessness to please them. If one does not oppose the evil habits of sentient beings at all, how can these habits be reversed, and how can sentient beings attain liberation?

Sentient beings are not only greedy but also foolish, insistently licking that bit of honey on the knife's edge. What will they ultimately gain? No one considers this. Most care only for the slightest immediate gain, yet risk falling into the Three Evil Realms. This appears bold but is actually due to foolishness and shortsightedness, rendering them incapable of planning for distant, greater benefits.

Most people actually think and plan for their own personal gain, yet their actions not only fail to bring benefit but often cause them to lose what they already possess. However, no one realizes this or sees it clearly. Why? Because ignorance and delusion, because afflictions obscure their vision, preventing them from seeing themselves clearly or discerning true gains and losses.

Regarding karma, many do not truly believe and always harbor a sense of侥幸, thinking that karmic consequences will befall others, not themselves. Thus, for their own benefit, they warn others that if they do not comply with their demands, they will surely suffer certain evil retribution. Yet they fail to realize that their own evil retribution is imminent, and they are currently creating the causes for it.

When I first studied Buddhism and read the sutras, I encountered some true stories about karma and came to believe that karma is real and inescapable. I carefully guarded my actions, speech, and thoughts. Yet Buddhists today do not read the sutras at all; they do not know what the sutras teach. Consequently, their minds are blind, and they do not understand karma.

With the internet now so developed, creating evil karma is far more convenient than before. With just a flick of a finger, evil karma spreads across the entire nation—truly lamentable. No one is alert to the evil consequences that follow their finger's movement. The ignorant are fearless; their minds are blocked, blindly following others, unaware of good and evil. They create grave evil karma without remorse.

Some create evil karma because they are instigated or incited by others, unaware of the truth. For example, someone might tell them, "Go ahead and do this; it's fine. I will bear the karma for you. You will only reap good fruit, not evil." Thus, some who are blind in mind believe these words, thinking this person can truly bear their karma for them. Little do they know that when karma arrives, each bears their own retribution; it absolutely cannot be transferred to another. Even one's own parents cannot help.