- Chapter One: Prologue
- Chapter Two: Doctrine
- Chapter Three: Practice
- Chapter Four: The Way of Humanity
- Chapter Five: Cause and Effect
- Chapter Six: Doubts Clarified
- Chapter Seven: The Principle of the Nature
- Chapter Eight: Buddhahood
- Chapter Nine: Sending on Spirits in Transition
- Chapter Ten: Belief and Dedication
- Chapter Eleven: Maxims
- Chapter Twelve: Exemplary Acts
- Chapter Thirteen: On the Order
- Chapter Fourteen: Prospects
- Chapter Fifteen: Entrusting
Dictionary
The Scripture of the Founding Master
Chapter Five: Cause and Effect
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A disciple asked, “What kind of transgressive karma causes a person to be struck dead by lightning?” The Founding Master said, “Being unwittingly struck dead by lightning is caused by the transgressive karma of having unwittingly struck down others as would a thunderbolt. For example, there are many cases of such transgressive karma as committing mass murder through abuse of one’s political or military power, etc., or causing much harm to many people through unjust enforcement of an evil law.”
The Scripture of the Founding Master
Chapter Five: Cause and Effect
14
A disciple asked, “What kind of transgressive karma causes a person to be struck dead by lightning?” The Founding Master said, “Being unwittingly struck dead by lightning is caused by the transgressive karma of having unwittingly struck down others as would a thunderbolt. For example, there are many cases of such transgressive karma as committing mass murder through abuse of one’s political or military power, etc., or causing much harm to many people through unjust enforcement of an evil law.”
