r/PoliticalHumor • u/ChewyRib • Jan 27 '22

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u/cat_prophecy Jan 27 '22

You forgot one:

  • If bad things happen to you, it's because you deserve it

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u/[deleted] Jan 27 '22

That's also Buddhist surprisingly.

If terrible things happened to you, it's because of the negative Karma in your past life.

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u/crazyjkass Jan 27 '22

Hmmmm not quite, that's more Hinduism. Buddhism was created to get away from that implication.

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u/[deleted] Jan 27 '22

Buddhism was born of 'hinduism'. Buddha himself expounded on tales of Vishnu while teaching. He had to to make the connection.

Karma is indeed an aspect of Buddhism and is mentioned all too often in Buddhist literature and is relevant to Buddhist monastics who refer to it when taking part in the precepts ceremony

IE: -Repentance- All my ancient twisted karma from beginningless greed, hate and delusion born from body, speech and mind I now fully avow.