..續本文上一頁ir rebirth after attaining Nibbana. The main reason for this difference is owing to mental impulsion (Javana Citta) of the people at the time when a thought arises in the mind to do good or bad.

　　業力是一種人類的原動力：

　　Impartial Energy

　　那些不相信業力的人，應該了解業力不是藉由各種不同的宗教所産生的。雖然興都教(Hinduism，印度教)、佛教和耆那教都承認業力，也爲業力做了诠釋。但是業力是一種宇宙規律，並不屬于任何宗教所擁有的。不管他信仰什麼宗教，他一樣受到業力的牽製。那些一生安住于這宇宙定律的人，將會體驗到和平與快樂。業力不偏不倚的對待每一個人，無論他相信或不相信，無論他有無宗教信仰，業力作爲一種宇宙規律與他同在。 請認清楚，業力並非完全屬于佛教的財産。

　　Those who do not believe that there is an energy known as kamma should understand that this karmic energy is not a by-product of any particular religion although Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism acknowledge and explain the nature of this energy. This is an existing universal law which has no religious label. All those who violate this law, have to face the consequences irrespective of their religious beliefs, and those who live in accordance with this law experience peace and happiness in their life. Therefore, this karmic law is unbiased to each and every person, whether they believe it or not; whether, they have a religion or not. It is like any other existing universal law. Please remember that kamma is not the exclusive property of Buddhism.

　　如果我們了解業力，知道它是一種無始的動力，業力和電力一樣，無法找到它的起始點，業力只是一種因緣的假合。如果說業力的源頭是意志力，這是一般世俗的說法，就好像一般人都認定河流之水來自山頂一樣。

　　If we understand kamma as a force or a form of energy, then we can discern no beginning. To ask where is the beginning of kamma is like asking where is the beginning of electricity. Kamma like electricity does not begin. It comes into being under certain conditions. Conventionally we say that the origin of kamma is volition but this is as much conventional as saying that the origin of a river is a mountain top.

　　好像浪濤融彙于海洋一樣，一個意識流向另一個意識，一個意念並入另一個意念，這就是業力的作用。

　　佛陀說：「生命是每一個衆生的動力，在業力的啓動下自行運作。」

　　Like the waves of the ocean that flow into one another , one unit of consciousness flows into another and this merging of one thought consciousness into another is called the working of karma. In short, every living being, according to Buddhism, is an electricity current of life that operates on the automatic switch of kamma.

　　業力是一種能量表現，不能在意識或身體中找到，就好像芒果並不是事先收藏在芒果樹裏，而是根據某種特定因緣的結合而産生的，這就是業力。業力有如風和火，它不蘊藏在宇宙的任何地方，只在某種特定的因緣下而存在。

　　Kamma being a form of energy is not found anywhere in this fleeting consciousness or body. Just as mangoes are not stored anywhere in the mango tree but, dependent on certain conditions, they spring into being, so does kamma. Kamma is like wind or fire. It is not stored up anywhere in the Universe but comes into being under certain conditions.

《業力 What is Kamma

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