Edgar,<br/><br/>There is no confusion in what I said at all and it also depends
on from which tradition you're talking about karma. As I've been taught, karma
will indeed play itself out, but only as long as a person still identifies
themselves with a self. Upon awakening to our Original Nature (which can happen
at any time) karma is extinguished because where is the self for karma to
attach to? Unless of course you're getting karma confused with the crazy notion
that karma is fatalistic and/or deterministic which would make emancipation
from karma impossible.<br/><br/>Here are a few snippets on the subject. There
are many, many more out there if you care to do the research..<br/><br/>>He who
believes in Karma does not condemn even the most corrupt, for they, too, have
their chance to reform themselves ***at any moment***
(buddhanet.net)<<br/><br/>>Since basic nature transcends all duality and is
ultimate, there is no one to receive the effect, whether
it is good or bad, and no one to whom any effect can apply. Cause and effect,
just like birth and death, lose their significance at the Enlightened level
because at the level of basic nature there is no one to receive the effect of
the Karma, whether it is good or bad. Therefore, at the extreme, when one is
Enlightened, the law of Karma is not applicable (angel-fire.com)<<br/><br/>>In
the Vajrayana tradition, it is believed that the effects of negative past karma
can be "purified" through such practices as meditation on Vajrasattva.[91] The
performer of the action, after having purified the karma, does not experience
the negative results he or she otherwise would
have.[92]<br/>(Wiki)<br/><br/>>The Japanese Tendai/Pure Land teacher Genshin
taught that Amida Buddha has the power to destroy the karma that would
otherwise bind one in saṃsāra.[89][90]<br/><br/><br/>Mike<br/><br/>Sent from
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