Buddha said “The crystal of salt” By - Myoma Myint Kywe

Buddha said “The crystal of salt”

 Myoma Myint Kywe

"Monks, for anyone who says, 'In whatever way a person makes kamma/karma, that is how it is experienced,' there is no living of the holy life, there is no opportunity for the right ending of stress. But for anyone who says, 'When a person makes kamma/karma to be felt in such & such a way, that is how its result is experienced,' there is the living of the holy life, there is the opportunity for the right ending of stress.

"There is the case where a minor evil deed done by a certain individual takes him to hell. There is the case where the very same small amount deed done by another individual is experienced in the here & now, and for the most part barely appears for a moment.

"Now, a minor evil deed done by what sort of individual is takes him to hell? There is the case where a certain individual is undeveloped in (contemplating) the body, undeveloped in virtue, undeveloped in the mind, undeveloped in discernment: restricted, small-hearted, dwelling with suffering. A minor (unimportant) evil deed done by this sort of individual is takes him to hell.

"Now, a minor evil deed done by what sort of individual is experienced in the here & now, and for the most part barely appears for a moment? There is the case where a certain individual is developed in (contemplating) the body, developed in virtue, developed in mind, developed in discernment: unrestricted, large-hearted, dwelling with the immeasurable. A trifling evil deed done by this sort of individual is experienced in the here & now, and for the most part barely appears for a moment.

The Buddha gave a beautiful comparison of salt and water (Anguttara Nikaya, Lonaphala Sutta: The Salt Crystal).

"Suppose that a man were to drop a salt crystal into a small amount of water in a cup. What do you think? Would the water in the cup become salty because of the salt crystal, and unfit to drink?" (Let's say you put some salt into a small cup.  Would it be salty?  Would it make the water undrinkable?)

"Yes, Lord. Why is that? There being only a small amount of water in the cup, it would become salty because of the salt crystal, and unfit to drink."

"Now suppose that a man were to drop a salt crystal into the River Ganga (as known as River Ganges of India). What do you think? Would the water in the River Ganges become salty because of the salt crystal, and unfit to drink?" (Let's say you put the same amount of salt into the huge water like Ganga River.  How salty would that water be?  Would that make the water undrinkable?)

"No, Lord. Why is that? There being a great mass of water in the River Ganga, it would not become salty because of the salt crystal or unfit to drink."

The salt is like the bad karma. 
The water is like the good karma. 
The saltiness itself is the amount of suffering experienced.

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