The Law of Kamma and the moral justice

The Law of Kamma and the moral justice

        The Law of Kamma has nothing to do with the idea of moral justice religious. Although some scholars try to claim their common origin or confuse them through analogy, there is no justification for such effort.

         To begin with, the theory of moral justice is grounded on the assumption of a Supreme Being or a so - called Creator God, the lawgiver who sits in judgement over all actions. It is he who is believed to mete out justice, giving punishment to sinner and rewards to believers as the case may be. But the meaning of expression " moral justice " in theistic religious is ambiguous. History has shown that much injustice has been made in the name of moral justice.

         The Law of Kamma, on the other hand is a natural law. It is the natural law of cause and effect, of action and reaction. The law of kamma operates on its own, requiring no assumption of God. It has nothing to do with the idea of reward or punishment. The Law of Kamma operates with full and perfect justice.



         The Buddha say " The doer of good receives good, the doer of evil receives bad. " If you fell down from a tree and break your leg, it is not a matter of justice or punishment but simply the operation by the law of gravity, a natural law, which we all are subject to. Many words now you ever heard ; you are what you act, you are what you eat, or we are what we thought, etc., will show clearly the Law of Kamma according to the Buddhist doctrine.





By THE BUDDHA"S Core Teachings