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N ot in the sky, nor in mid-ocean, nor in a mountain cave, is found that place on earth where abiding one may escape from the consequences of one's evil deed.

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quote 4168 | Buddha Sakyamuni
Dhammapada 127

A s sweet as honey is an evil deed, so thinks the fool so long as it ripens not; but when it ripens, then he comes to grief.

Verily, an evil deed committed does not immediately bear fruit, just as milk does not curdle at once; but like a smoldering fire covered with ashes, it remains with the fool until the moment it ignites and burns him.

temple_buddhist

quote 4167 | Buddha Sakyamuni
Dhammapada 69, 71

U nrighteousness, practiced in this world, does not at once produce its fruit; but, like a cow, advancing slowly, it cuts off the roots of him who committed it.

temple_hindu

quote 4166 | The Law of Manu
Laws of Manu 4.172

A n ignorant man committing evil deeds does not realize the consequences. The imprudent man is consumed by his own deeds, like one burnt by fire.

temple_buddhist

quote 4165 | Buddha Sakyamuni
Dhammapada 136

F or they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind.

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quote 4164 | The Nevi'im
Hosea 8.7

A ll who take the sword will perish by the sword.

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quote 4163 | Jesus Christ
Matthew 26.52

O ur body in Kali Yuga is a field of action:
As a man sows, so is his reward.
Nothing by empty talk is determined:
Anyone swallowing poison must die.
Brother! behold the Creator's justice:
As are a man's actions, so is his recompense.

quote 4162 | The Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji
Gauri Var, M.4, p. 308

W hatever affliction may visit you is for what your own hands have earned.

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quote 4161 | The Quran
Qur'an 42.30

D o not be deceived; God is not mocked, for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap.

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quote 4160 | The Bible
Galatians 6.7

A man who is averse from harming even the wind knows the sorrow of all things living. . . . He who knows what is bad for himself knows what is bad for others, and he who knows what is bad for others knows what is bad for himself. This reciprocity should always be borne in mind. Those whose minds are at peace and who are free from passions do not desire to live [at the expense of others]. . . . He who understands the nature of sin against wind is called a true sage who understands karma.

In short be who understands the nature of sin in respect of all the six types of living beings is called a true sage who understands karma.

temple_hindu

quote 3944 | The Panchadasi
Acharanga Sutra, I, 1, Translation by A. L. Basham; from abridged version in Theodore de Bary, Sources of Indian Tradition (New York: Columbia University Press, 1958), pp. 62-3

A ll beings with two, three, four, or five senses. . . . in fact all creation, know individually pleasure and displeasure, pain, terror, and sorrow. All are full of fears which come from all directions. And yet there exist people who would cause greater pain to them. . . . Some kill animals for sacrifice, some for their skin, flesh, blood, . . . feathers, teeth, or tusks; . . . some kill them intentionally and some unintentionally; some kill because they have been previously injured by them, . . . and some because they expect to be injured. He who harms animals has not understood or renounced deeds of sin. . . . He who understands the nature of sin against animals is called a true sage who understands karma. . . .

temple_hindu

quote 3943 | The Panchadasi
Acharanga Sutra, I, 1, Translation by A. L. Basham; from abridged version in Theodore de Bary, Sources of Indian Tradition (New York: Columbia University Press, 1958), pp. 62-3

E arth is afflicted and wretched, it is hard to teach, it has no discrimination. Unenlightened men, who suffer from the effects of past deeds, cause great pain in a world full of pain already, for in earth souls are individually embodied. If, thinking to gain praise, honour, or respect ... or to achieve a good rebirth . . . or to win salvation, or to escape pain, a man sins against earth or causes or permits others to do so. . . . he will not gain joy or wisdom. . . . Injury to the earth is like striking, cutting, maiming, or killing a blind man . . . Knowing this man should not sin against earth or cause or permit others to do so. He who understands the nature of sin against earth is called a true sage who understands karma. . .

temple_hindu

quote 3942 | The Panchadasi
Acharanga Sutra, I, 1, Translation by A. L. Basham; from abridged version in Theodore de Bary, Sources of Indian Tradition (New York: Columbia University Press, 1958), pp. 62-3

W ealth does not bring goodness, but goodness brings wealth and every other blessing, both to the individual and to the state.

candle

quote 3636 | Plato
Apology, 29C-30C; adapted from Hamilton, E., 1969, pp. 15-16

T hose who believe themselves wise regard as real only the appearance of things, but these fashioners of falsehood will have their reward.

candle

quote 3624 | Heraclitus
Adapted from fragments of Heraclitus found in Freeman, K., 1962; pp. 24-34. Fragment nbr. 28

G od's court retains an account of all deeds.

quote 3574 | Guru Nanak
Guru Granth Sahib, page 109, Line 12

W hat you plant here, you will reap there.

mosque

quote 3541 | Ibn 'Arabi
Essential Sufism, by James Fadiman & Robert Frager, Harper SanFrancisco, p.56

A man of piety was following Christ. A thief seeing this thought to himself, "if I sit in the company of the pious one, perhaps God may for his sake forgive me." Prompted by humility in his heart, the thief started condemning himself for the impious life he had led. He considered himself unfit to sit by the side of such a saint. On the other hand, the pious man, seeing the thief seated by his side, reprimanded him lest his shadow corrupt him. Immediately Christ heard the Divine Voice say, "Tell the pious one and the thief that I have washed dean the scrolls of both. The virtues of the pious and the sins of the thief are washed dean. Now they must start life again. The virtues of the pious are washed away because of his pride, and the sins of the thief are washed away because of his humility and repentance.

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quote 2883 | Ghazzali
Essential Sufism, by James Fadiman & Robert Frager, Harper SanFrancisco, p.63

I n free space there is neither right nor left. In the same way, there is reward and punishment only in this, and not in the Messianic world.

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quote 2788 | Martin Buber
Martin Buber’s ten rungs, collected Hassidic saying, p.116

T hey say that the proud are reborn as bees. For in his heart the proud man says: "I am a writer, I am a singer, I am a great one at studying." And since what is said of such men is true-that they will not turn to God, not even on the threshold of hell-they are reborn after they die. They are born again as bees that hum and buzz: "I am, I am, I am."

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quote 2786 | Martin Buber
Martin Buber’s ten rungs, collected Hassidic saying, p.103

T he Blessed One, while teaching that all things are un-born and that there is no annihilation, also declares that the world takes its rise from ignorance, discrimination, attachment, deed, etc., working according to a law of causation. Though the two sets of elements may differ in form and name, there does not appear to be any essential difference between the two positions.

temple_buddhist

quote 2561 | The Lankavatara Sutra
Ch.III, p.297, in Dwight Goddard, A Buddhist bible

T he Blessed One resumed: -Subhuti, should there be among the faithful disciples some who have not yet matured their karma and who must first suffer the natural retribution of sins committed in some previous life by being degraded to a lower domain of existence and should they earnestly and faithfully observe and study this Scripture and because of it be despised and persecuted by the people, their karma will immediately be matured and they will at once attain Anuttarasamyak-sambodhi.

temple_buddhist

quote 2523 | The Maha Prajna Paramita
Diamond Sutra, 16, in Dwight Goddard, A Buddhist bible

A nd the action (kamma) that is done out of greed, anger and delusion (lobha, dosa, moha), that springs from them, has its source and origin there: this action ripens wherever one is reborn; and wherever this action ripens, there one experiences the fruits of this action, be it in this life, or the next life, or in some future life.

temple_buddhist

quote 2487 | Buddha Sakyamuni
Anguttara Nikaya, III, 33

V erily, because beings, obstructed by delusion and ensnared by craving, now here, now there, seek ever-fresh delight, therefore it comes to ever-fresh rebirth.

temple_buddhist

quote 2486 | Buddha Sakyamuni
Majjhima Nikaya, 43

A nd wherever the beings spring into existence, there their deeds will ripen; and wherever their deeds ripen, there they will earn the fruits of those deeds, be it in this life, or be it in the next life, or be it in any other future life.

temple_buddhist

quote 2465 | Buddha Sakyamuni
Anguttara Nikaya, III 33

T he superior man cultivates these moral qualities and enjoys good fortune, whereas the inferior man violates them and suffers evil fortune.

candle

quote 2317 | Chow Tun-i
Chou Tun-yi, An Explanation of the Diagram of the Great Ultimate, in Wing-Tsit Chan, Chinese Philosophy, Chapter 28

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