Buddhists believe karma keeps one
trapped in an endless cycle of death and rebirth (samsara), and the
only way out is through enlightenment. To become enlightened, one has
to eliminate desire. Buddha taught that desire is the root of
suffering; that it causes attachment, which leads to suffering, and
in turn causes other beings to suffer. This produces negative karma.
If one eliminates desire and stops causing suffering, one can become
enlightened, as he had.
But eventually I began to question. Who
or what had set this law of karma in motion? Who judged these beings'
actions and sentenced them to another life of pain? Why were beings
punished for actions they would be unable to remember? Was desire
always a bad thing? Wasn't the desire for enlightenment still desire?
If so, how could one ever attain enlightenment?
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