ED/Steve, That is simple determinism. Besides, there is 'probable determinism' or quantum determinism, depending on the definism. Anthony
--- On Mon, 4/4/11, SteveW <[email protected]> wrote: From: SteveW <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Zen] Why bother with Zazen? Better a Roulette To: [email protected] Date: Monday, 4 April, 2011, 10:03 PM --- In [email protected], "ED" <seacrofter001@...> wrote: > > > > 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. ... > THANK YOU, ED! Steve
