Sunday, November 23, 2008

Who makes the most spiritual progress?

"I once read a description of who makes the most spiritual progress:

1) The active good person
2) The active bad person
3) The passive good person
4) The passive bad person

Those of you who are familiar with the karma of commission and omission will understand why. The active bad person makes more progress than the passive good one. A little thought makes this clear. Because he has acted, he has generated karma, and it is through the teaching action of karma that he makes progress.

You never know, the passive good person might be stymied by his bad habit of procrastination, thus "no guts, no glory.""


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