Edgar,<br/><br/>You're certainly entitled to your opinion that karma is
"nonsense", but I agree with the Buddhadharma - that on observing the natural
world there are laws that affect it. These laws govern the universe and as we
are part of the universe those same laws govern us. Whether you see them as
real, illusory or delusional doesn't really matter. You'll still grow old. Your
hand will still burn if you put it in a fire. And your suffering or happiness
will still depend on your thoughts and actions (happiness or suffering are not
just random events, but are created by prior causes and conditions). If
tomorrow morning you wake up as an elephant, then maybe I'll reconsider that
the observable universe doesn't have an order. Of course, these laws are
conceptual, so much of this will also depend on whether you recognise that
there are two truths - the relative and the ultimate. Buddha did and that's
what I also
witness.<br/><br/><br/>Mike<br/><br/><br/>Sent from Yahoo! Mail for iPad
