Does karma continue perpetually because we hurt others and they hurt us back as a reaction again and again?
Thank you Does Karma have a perpetual succession? It doesn't have to have It doesn't Have to have What it means is That say If A comes and slaps B And B goes back and slaps A And A Punches B And then B punches A Then A takes a stick and beats B And then B takes a Mace and beats A It keeps escalating So it says that if you follow An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth And the whole world will become Eyeless and toothless It will become blind And toothless So it has to stop somewhere Now as far as Karma is concerned what is the purpose? See people Are not programmed devices Everybody has freedom So if A Has hurt B Now A has to get consequences For that But if B starts giving the consequences Then that is like taking the law into one's own hands Nowadays Because say the police Police and politicians are perceived to be corrupt So there are a lot Of movies coming out About vigilante justice Vigilante justice means Somebody themselves This person has done this crime This person is a gangster This person is a terrorist And some hero goes and kills all of them Now On movies vigilante justice might seem like A nice thing But actually when we start taking the law in our own hands Then it is dangerous Whenever a law is made We should Not just see What is the good that can be done When the law is applied But we also need to see What is the bad that can be done When the law is misapplied That is the responsibility of every So taking the law in one's own hands I may take the law in my own hands To kill somebody who is bad But tomorrow somebody else may take the law in their hands And they may kill somebody good So you can't have lawlessness like that So the idea is That if somebody is done bad Then there are legal ways of Seeking Consequences for that And in the past there were kings Now there are governments And if those means don't work Or if those means require too much work And you don't want to get into it Then you may decide this was my past karma Let me accept it and move on To get exhausted Now if through some legal means somebody is given some punishment And the legal system is reasonably good Then that is like a That is like a retribution Or a punishment for their wrong And then it gets over It is only when we take the law in our own hands And we start doing wrong Then that is how it goes on Sometimes it is said that If you kill a cow Then you will become a cow If you kill a cow Then you will become a cow in the next life And the cow will become a human And the cow will kill you Now this is a possibility But it is not necessary it has to happen like this These kind of descriptions are indicative Of the principle of the law of karma It is not that karma has to be perpetual Because then you could say If we say that All Cow killers will become cows Then can you say that all cows Were cow killers in their previous life That would be a ridiculous argument Cows are gentle And you say all cows Are cow killers In their previous life and therefore Just to give them their karmic punishment All cows should be killed That would be a ridiculous argument So We don't say It is not implicit that karma is Perpetual Whenever there is action there is a consequence But how the consequence comes That will determine whether it will just escalate Or it will end over there.