The Buddha called the workings of karma one of the “four unconjecturables.” We could drive ourselves crazy speculating on how it will play out, he said (Anguttara Nikaya 4.77).
Still, who can resist the urge to try and suss out the exact consequences of their behavior—or other people’s? What have you been dying to know about karma but afraid to ask? Dying to ask but afraid to know?
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