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If a man is born handsome and a woman beautiful , it is because in the past , they practised hospitality and were charitable to others .

A truly charitable person will perform charitable deeds without the thought of getting name or rewards . To expect name and rewards in doing charity is selfish . Such motives , in the name of charity , will only lead to demerits and creating future karmic afflictions .

By cutting down and burning trees will result in having a short life or be separated from one's family . This is because insects and worms and the homes of birds are destroyed , thus resulted in their being separated from their families .

If in the past or present life one users cruel and inhumane ways to torture or kill people and animals , in this life one will meet with tragic death .

Creatingbad karmic reactions is like being in debts . To be free of such bitter fruits is like being free of debtors . To patiently accept such bitterness is better ; it is like paying up all our debts . We may now escape not paying up our debts , but our debtors will keep haunting us until all oue debts are settled .

Not all retributive actions will have their reactions appearing in this life . Sometimes their reaction appear in the next life . If the conditions are not right , the reactions will appear in the next few life -times or in other future life-times .

Giving to charity is like depositing money into the bank . Receiving charity is like withdrawing money from the savings in the bank . Enjoying blessings is like taking out money from the bank and spending it .

A person is good-looking but is looked-down upon ; this is because in the past one had an accomodating heart and practised precepts , but had despised others .

A person who does good will also receive good ; If he does a bad deed , A bad result he will receive . But due to many bad actions in the past , The bad results have not all come to pass . Alike bad debts that are not paid , Karma follows us just as debtors wait . Untill all our Karmic debts are done , only then will blessings come .

A person's wealth poverty , beauty or ugliness , long or short life , birth and death , is all destined . One's destiny is the result of one's past thoughts , deeds and speech .

In the past life if we criticised and incriminated others , in this life we shall be born deaf , mute , and dumb .

In the past lives , we planted good seeds therefore in this life we reap the fruits of our good actions : Freedom , Peace and Happiness .

LOngevity and Compassion are closely related , just like ' Humaneness is Longevity '. Having Humanity and the Compassion of No-Killing is the source of Longevity .

A charitable family accumulates good merits ; its descendants will definitely become prosperous . A family that does unwholesome deeds accumulates demerits ; its descendants will definitely meet with unexpected calamities .

All diseases are actually caused by our past unwholesome thoughts and bad karma . That is why it is said :" All sicknesses ( PHENOMENA )are the manifestations of the Mind ."

If in the past or present life one easily gets angry ,a revulsive and ugly person one will be born to be .

At the moment I am healthy and seldom fall sick ; this must due to my past or perphaps because of certain compassionate deeds I have done in this life . In this life , I should be more caring and should prevent the killing of animals . When one is happy and contented , it is the best time to do more good deeds and accumulate merits .

Even a good and compassionate person may suffer from various difficulties and may live a short life ; thus is because the evil karmic actions of his past life have ripened first , while this life's good karmic actions have yet to ripen .

Life is the most precious in the world . Under Heaven taking a life is the most cruel . To harm and kill--what a terrible ordeal ! Even tiny ants scurry away from our heels ! What more the un-thinking-Man==who also can FEEL?!

A person is rich but lives a short life ; this is because in the past one was generous but did harm to animals and also killed them .

If in this life one ill-treat animals , offends and beats up people , neglects one's parents....in one's next life one will be beset with all kinds of illnesses .

Why is it that some people are born with hare-lips ? It is because in the past they used hooks to fish , causing much hurt to the fish .

The reason why one is always mistakenly thrown into prison is because in one's past life , one often put animals into cages .

If in the past , we always looked down upon others , in this life we will be born undersized and dwarfish .

Although you may provide food to animals you keep in cages , but you are depriving them of their freedom . Your next life may be long ., but you will live with limited freedom . As such , keeping animals in capacity is not worth doing , rather let them be free .

A selfish miser in the past life will come as a pauper in this life .

By giving food to the birds and hoping for them not to look for worms to eat , will lessen the birds' opportunity to kill and indirectly will help us to accumulate merits .

If one has a jealous heart , despises others , criticises and scandalizes practitioners of the Way ,..in one's next life , one will have poor , if any , affinities with others .

If in this life one's hobby is netting fish and trapping birds and animals , in the next life one will be separated from one's kith and kin , from one's parents , brothers , sisters , spouse and children .

To live a long life but is poor ; this is because in the past one loved animals but was stingy and miserly .

Those who have harmed or killed animals in the past will have short life .

If in this life one steals and robs without shame , and has never practised sharing ang giving ,... in one's next life one will suffer from poverty .

The karmic acts of killing animals will have bad results for all of us . In the Buddhist Sutra it states : To commit killing will result in sickness and untimely deaths .

If in this life one loves and enjoys hunting , in the next life one will suffer from chronic nervousness to the point of insanity .

The reason why one is easily frightened in this life is because in one's past life , one had always used scary objects to threaten people .

If in this life one eats excessively and wastes food , in the next life one will suffer from hunger pangs and throat problems .

When one do good and yet receive bad results , one should quickly repent one's evil actions of one's past life . One should not start to blame on others or criticize , saying doing good deeds will not bring good results .

If in this life one practises Compassion and Equanimity and avoid killing , and is always happy to help others... in one's next life one will have a long life-span .

Nobody can escape death . When a person leaves the world he takes along nothing with him , except his karmic seeds of good or bad deeds . It is said :" At death not even one of 10000 things we can bring ; Except only the karmic seeds of every deeds we did ."

All the ill-omens and bad luck that we encounter in this life is a direct resultbof our past evil actions and thoughts .

If in this life one likes to fight , enjoy killing animals and destroying their homes , and is happy when someone one dislikes has passed away...in one's next life the life-span will be short .

A person is rich but is revulsive and ugly ; this is because in the past one was generous but easily lost one's temper .

Behaving proud and arrogant in the past life will result in being born despicable and lowly in this life .

Those who ill-treat animals in the past or in this present life will meet with many sicknesses in life .

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