Below is an excerpt from a Harvard Radcliffe fellow and engineer, Thrish Nanayakkara. He is working on a "robot fish" that swims in the ocean and gathers data that analyzes changes that can alert scientists about changing marine conditionsthat includes predicting tsunamis and earthquakes.
Why am I writing this here? Thrish's idea came after the Tsunami devastation that hit the South East Asia. While helping in the relief effort in Sri Lanka Thrish was questioning how Bad Karma could ruin so many lives at once. It all seemd so random. He then met a monk who answered his question. Below is an excerpt from Thrish's book titled, "Devi."
“I cannot understand why this happened. Can Karma be the
cause? No, it cannot be because this many people could not have
had the same bad Karma. I saw bodies of babies stuck in the woods.
What sin could cause such Karma?”
cause? No, it cannot be because this many people could not have
had the same bad Karma. I saw bodies of babies stuck in the woods.
What sin could cause such Karma?”
“Well,” the monk began, “according to Dharma, anything in
this nature is an effect of a process that starts with a set of causes
and conditions. The effects of one process can work as the causes
and conditions of another process. Thus it can go like a chain.”
this nature is an effect of a process that starts with a set of causes
and conditions. The effects of one process can work as the causes
and conditions of another process. Thus it can go like a chain.”
He paused and then continued, “There are five sets of laws that govern the conversion of
these causes and conditions to effects.”
these causes and conditions to effects.”
“There is a set of laws governing the changes in
matter and movements of matter.
matter and movements of matter.
There is another set of laws that governs seasonal changes, weather conditions and other effects caused by planetary movements. The movements of continental
plates might also fall into that set of laws.
plates might also fall into that set of laws.
There is a third set of laws that governs the growth of organic bodies based on genetic
substrates and other organic reactions.
substrates and other organic reactions.
There is a fourth set of laws that governs dynamic reactions in the mind.
The last set of laws governs the working of Karma, those unseen forces that relate
effects experienced now to deeds and thoughts of the past.”
effects experienced now to deeds and thoughts of the past.”
He went on to say, “Any effect can be a result of many causes
and conditions working under one or more of these sets of laws at
any given time.”
and conditions working under one or more of these sets of laws at
any given time.”
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Thanks for the post, Richard.
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