consequences, fate, karma, karmic retribution, karmic reward, misfortune
Let me share with everyone a peculiar cause-and-effect story that highlights the consequences of karma. It happened in the late Qing Dynasty. At that time, there was a wealthy man named Zhao who lived a prosperous life. Zhao had three sons, and each of them had gotten married. At the age of 60, Zhao gathered ...
This story is recorded in a short article called Dream of Omen and Misfortune in the book Dong Ling Xiao Zhi by Guo Zeyun. He was a celebrity in the Republic of China who was the Secretary-General of the State Council in the year 1918. In March 1931, the ship Daji, a subsidiary of the Dada Steamship Company (now Dada Shipping ...
Is a person responsible for his or her own good or bad fortune? There are two contrasting examples found in Chinese folklore that act as examples of this. One man found a small fortune in silver, but he did not keep it. The outcome was that he was rewarded even after he refused a reward. ...
Those situations in life that you may at first think are misfortunes, when you take a moment and look a little deeper, you will see that God’s grace encompasses all things, all events, and all situations. Look a little closer and you will find the pearls and blessings in disguise. Following an accidental shipwreck, Jimmy ...