It is not possible for actions to disappear without residue or result once the action is over. To think it could be otherwise, the Buddha explained, would be like believing you could toss a stone into a pool of water and not create a single ripple. —Beth Roth, “Family Dharma: Karma and the Tonka Truck”

It is not possible for actions to disappear without residue or result once the action is over. To think it could be otherwise, the Buddha explained, would be like believing you could toss a stone into a pool of water and not create a single ripple.

—Beth Roth, “Family Dharma: Karma and the Tonka Truck”