The environment that we live in is an external reflection of the internal processes of the mind⏳

The doctrines of kamma and rebirth enable us to see that the environment that we live in is an external reflection of the internal processes of the mind. The reason why a living being is reborn in a paticular realm is because in a previous life that being has generated the kamma. Thus, all the realms of existance have been formed, fashioned, and sustained by the mental activity of living beings. The Buddha refers to kamma as the field, consciousness as the seed, and craving as the moisture, for consciousness to be established in a new realm of existance.

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References

• Bodhi, Bhikkhu. (2005). In The Buddha’s Words An Anthology of Discorces from the Pali Canon Chapter V. THE WAY TO A FORTUNATE REBIRTH (Location 2625). Somerville, MA: Wisdom Publications.

• Anguttara Nikaya. 3:76; I 223.

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