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Moral responsibility

"The pollution would do to us,
it makes us the clear. " - Dhammapada

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C ó to the main action (karma) we reap in future life? [1]
In absolute terms that the people will reap sow is an extremist, but said that the sow and reap are two completely different people that fall into the other extreme. Avoid the two extremes, the Buddha taught the Dharma "Middle Path" on the basis of cause and effect:
"There is an absolute, nor is two completely different people" (from NACA, NACA anno) , Venerable Budhhaghosa write such books Purity (Visuddhi Magga). The variant of the worm species may be an example. Starting as an egg. Silkworm eggs hatch. Tam pupate, the caterpillar butterfly and moth eggs.
, in this case, the variation in an unfolding life. And in life, silkworm moth is not absolute, nor is completely different. Only a live stream, a progression of life, or a constant.
To explain this point, Venerable Nagasena parable low oil lamp in the darkness. The lighting of the lamp at the absolute zero of its identical light at about midnight. However, at first light on at night and still dependent on the lamp. This case, too, in the light of a continuum. Each phase in the continuous phase was dependent on the design front.
- If you do not have a soul, there can be no moral responsibility?
There might be, because there is a constant, or in other words, there is a similarity in the change process.
A baby back Should an adult. The other baby is not entirely, because the cells in the human body was completely renovated, but also the other and the baby is absolutely not two, because both are only two stages various processes of life. Nevertheless, other individuals to take responsibility for all actions of the baby. Oil life process of termination and expression somewhere to somewhere else, or it takes to progress in life, is still the main factors constant. For example, the other was in existence before his A and Mr. B in this life. With the death of Mr. A, physical phenomena and spirit so manifest karma is gone. With the birth of his lip object B a new start. Image may be superficial but change, but constantly flowing stream of consciousness (citta Santati), death is not interrupted, continued progress, and bring all the feeling was admitted by the senses.
A wish to wear, I wonder if Mr. B was forced to take responsibility for his actions in a previous life?
Few people can protest, said that Mr. B does not remember anything about his actions A of What a responsible behavior of his cuave A?
However, identical state as well as with memory is an essential factor in the issue of moral responsibility not? For example, the person intentionally kills a person and then insane, does not remember anything about it at all. He is responsible for the act of murder or not? The memory loss does not help the other person's responsibility to avoid deliberate act of murder. I asked again: "The penalty was a loss of memory, then what is the point? And he does not even remember her this punishment for other crimes. So where is the justice?"
Buddhists who believe in justice effective, fair and reasonable notice to a natural, objective, automatically. Management causation based on cause and effect. I can not see it as a form of reward or punishment. If they do anything during sleep, such as sleep while standing up and went into the hallway, then go on the railing. That of course is that he will fall and the way in similar circumstances, can a broken leg or a broken arm. When in bed, he does not remember what went on in the railing, walk and sleep, but of course, he must know the consequences of doing that.
event he does not remember what the previous action does not change a little change to the consequences of her actions. Broken arm, or a leg crippled, making him great pain. That is why Buddhists try not to go over the railing or other dangerous places, while sleeping or waking, to avoid hurting yourself or injuring others on the ground if it falls in person.
A forgotten his past did not cause any hindrance to the received wisdom about the ways of retribution of the law of Kamma. It is through the understanding of cause and effect, they must have sown reap, always in the cycle, which Buddhists try to cultivate their interest before. END=VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY THICH CHAN TANH.THE MIND OF ENLIGHTMENT=WORLD VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST ORDER=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=GOLDEN LOTUS  MONASTERY=AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.6/11/2013.NAM MO SAKYAMUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).