When we get sick, when somebody treats us badly, when problems arise with our work or family, when our cherished possessions break or are lost — whatever occasion arises that causes us pain — we need to see this is the ripening of the karmic imprint caused by some previous negative action we have done. Whatever difficulty we experience in life comes right back to our own nonvirtuous conduct. If we had not created the karma, we could not have received the result. The antidote, therefore, is to not create nonvirtue. Then we will no longer be a target.
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Patience
A GUIDE TO SHANTIDEVA'S SIXTH CHAPTER
Lama Zopa Rinpoche
Compiled and edited by Gordon McDougall
Wisdom publications
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