The Scripture of the Founding Master
Chapter Five: Cause and Effect
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The Founding Master said, “What you bestowed on others out of kindness and righteousness will be reciprocated with kindness and righteousness; what you took away with malice will be taken away with malice. According to the scale of the other person’s progression or regression, the retribution could multiply several tens of thousands of times or decrease several tens of thousands of times, but will never go away completely. Also, even if the other person does not seek revenge himself, there will be naturally returning transgressions and merits. Thus, the transgressions and merits others have made cannot be received instead by oneself and the transgressions and merits oneself has made cannot be received instead by others.”
The Scripture of the Founding Master
Chapter Five: Cause and Effect
7
The Founding Master said, “What you bestowed on others out of kindness and righteousness will be reciprocated with kindness and righteousness; what you took away with malice will be taken away with malice. According to the scale of the other person’s progression or regression, the retribution could multiply several tens of thousands of times or decrease several tens of thousands of times, but will never go away completely. Also, even if the other person does not seek revenge himself, there will be naturally returning transgressions and merits. Thus, the transgressions and merits others have made cannot be received instead by oneself and the transgressions and merits oneself has made cannot be received instead by others.”
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