realizing that the kamma he has already created is playing a role.
What is that but total blindness?
“Kamma exists as a part of our very being. We create kamma
every moment, just as the results of our previous kamma arise to
affect us every moment. If you insist on doubting the existence of
kamma and its results, then you are stuck at a dead end. Kamma is
not something that follows us like a dog following its master. On
the contrary, our very thoughts, speech, and actions are kamma.
The true results of kamma are the degrees of happiness and suffer-
ing experienced by all beings in the world, including those beings
who live out their lives unaware of kamma. Such ignorance is also
a karmic consequence.”
I myself listened to this talk with heartfelt satisfaction as I had
long been keenly interested in Ãcariya Mun. I experienced such
a deep sense of joy about him and his Dhamma that I felt as if
I were floating on air. I felt that I simply couldn’t hear enough. I
have given you the gist of what he said so that all of you, who
had no opportunity to hear him speak, may understand some-
thing about the nature of your kamma. Kamma being something
common to us all, it is possible you may recognize you own kamma
in his words.
When he finished speaking, Ãcariya Mun rose from his seat
and prostrated himself in front of the main Buddha image. Chao
Khun Rãjakawi told him how much everyone had enjoyed the
outstanding discourse he had just delivered. Ãcariya Mun replied
that it might well be his “final encore” since he probably wouldn’t
return to give another talk due to his declining years. This was
his way of telling everyone present that he would not return to