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What does the teaching of the religion/spiritual path you follow say about how we should watch our speech, action, and thoughts both toward our own life and toward others?
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In your scenario you describe, does Hinduism call it Thought karma since the wish is a thought?All of those contribute to our karma “account”. Good and bad thoughts, words and actions all add to or withdraw from it.
So, while it may give me satisfaction to wish that a person die in a fiery vehicle crash for harming kittens, and it may never happen, it still doesn’t do my karma any good.
'If we can not bridle our tongue what use is our religion (James 1:26)'.What does the teaching of the religion/spiritual path you follow say about how we should watch our speech, action, and thoughts both toward our own life and toward others?
Yes, I must say I agree on much to what you say here when we let go of the ego the mind will silence a lot, and when a thought arises there will be time to look at it and know if it is a wholesome or unwholesome thought. and can react to it thereby.A word about thoughts, which I intentionally left out of my first post in this thread, as I don't see how thoughts can be relevant to the subject.
Thoughts are a product of the mind. Sure I can watch my thoughts, but I have no control whether or not a thought appears in my mind. I strongly doubt anyone else has, either.
Using @Jainarayan's example of the thought of someone drowning kittens dying in a fiery crash, I'm confident that the appearance of such a thought cannot be controlled.
However, what can be controlled is the ego's reaction to this thought. Once one understands ego and why it reacts in such a way (in this case, anger and outrage), one can begin to manage the ego and thereby, one's actions.
As I see it, it's actions and behavior resulting from the ego, not thought, that plays a role in causality (karma).
Thoughts, words and deeds should be 1What does the teaching of the religion/spiritual path you follow say about how we should watch our speech, action, and thoughts both toward our own life and toward others?
True they should all be in acording to DharmaThoughts, words and deeds should be 1
What does the teaching of the religion/spiritual path you follow say about how we should watch our speech, action, and thoughts both toward our own life and toward others?
What does the teaching of the religion/spiritual path you follow say about how we should watch our speech, action, and thoughts both toward our own life and toward others?
In your scenario you describe, does Hinduism call it Thought karma since the wish is a thought?
Trial and error. Sometimes you say and do things you regret, sometimes you don't.What does the teaching of the religion/spiritual path you follow say about how we should watch our speech, action, and thoughts both toward our own life and toward others?
Dharma and Karma. In greek paganism the Good-use Dharma and Good Karma are named Arete. The ill-treated Dharma and Bad Karma are named Kakia. The path of Arete (Goodness) and the path of Kakia (evilness). We should choose the path of Arete, in my opinion.What does the teaching of the religion/spiritual path you follow say about how we should watch our speech, action, and thoughts both toward our own life and toward others?
Striving to be the best we can morally, ethics and compassion is very important to gain any form of Spiritual awakeningDharma and Karma. In greek paganism the Good-use Dharma and Good Karma are named Arete. The ill-treated Dharma and Bad Karma are named Kakia. The path of Arete (Goodness) and the path of Kakia (evilness). We should choose the path of Arete, in my opinion.
In Judaism, the thing that really counts is action. If for example you give to the poor for a shallow reason like getting your name on a plaque so that others can admire you, it is still a very good thing.What does the teaching of the religion/spiritual path you follow say about how we should watch our speech, action, and thoughts both toward our own life and toward others?