ED, Determinism does not mean it must be a one to one relationship. If I engage too much in the activity you banned, I may end up being a hungry dog, but may also enjoy a princely reincarnations for some lifetimes, before falling into hell. Likewise, tossing a coin a million times may give you 501,000 heads, but never only one head (though it is a very remotely possibility). In other words, a different form of rule applies. Anthony
--- On Mon, 4/4/11, ED <[email protected]> wrote: From: ED <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Zen] Why bother with Zazen? Better a Roulette To: [email protected] Date: Monday, 4 April, 2011, 8:48 PM Anthony, Based on the definition of 'determinism' below, the Buddha's understanding of karma is almot certainly not deterministic, IMO. -ED Determinism is the view that every event, including human cognition, behavior, decision, and action, is causally determined by an unbroken chain of prior occurrences. Determinists believe the universe is fully governed by causal laws resulting in only one possible state at any point in time. ... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deterministic --- In [email protected], Anthony Wu <wuasg@...> wrote: > > Steve, > > What do you think is Gotama's viewpoint? I believe he put a lot of emphasis > on karma, which is deterministic. > > Anthony
