You Make Your Luck and Destiny
You Make Your Luck and Destiny"The fool may watch for lucky days
Yet luck be shall always miss.
Luck itself is luck's own star
What can mere star achieve."
~Buddhist Jataka Story~
Belief good luck or bad luck is very common amongst the masses. It is due to lack of understanding of the law of Kamma, worldly conditions and the nature of phenomenon that people attribute sudden windfall to good luck and downfall to bad luck. The Buddha taught us that good efforts, that is to say good results, come from good cause, and bad results from bad cause in accordance with the law of kamma.
* Don't blame the Stats
Although the Buddha has not denied the influence of certain stars and planets on people, weak-hearted people generally succumb to what they think are the influence of such stars and planets. Their imagination and fear will only tend to aggravate the already tense situation, creating frustration and distress. But all those with strong will-power, courage, intelligence and self-confidence can succeed in their careers and overcome difficulties without being enslaved by such influence. Luck and skilfulness are closely related. It all goes back again to the power of the mind, the potential of which very individual can develop.
According to Buddhism, effort is most important condition change his environmental and circumstances. It is always possible for one to change his own kamma. An understanding of his own nature and an admission of his own weaknesses to himself is the first step towards reforming himself.
* Destiny is in your Hands
There is no such thing as investable fate or irrevocable destiny according to the teachings of the Buddha. If we examine our own experiences and those of others, we will realise that the unhappiness and suffering experienced today are the results of faults that had been committed yesterday.
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'There is nothing like destiny other than effect of our previous efforts. Our previous efforts are called our destiny...Our achievements are determined by our efforts. Our efforts is therefore our destiny...Our previous and present efforts, in case they are in contrary directions, are like two rams fighting against each other. The more powerful of the two always overthrowing the other...Whether they are the past or present efforts, it is the stronger ones that determines his destiny by virtue of its strength...Man determines his own destiny by his own thought. He can make those things also happens which were not destined to happen. Only those things happen in this world which he creates through his own free efforts and not others... One should therefore overcome one's unfavourable destiny (the effect of one's past effort) by the greater effrontery the present. There is nothing in this world which cannot be achieved by men through the right sorts of effort.'
"Everything has its beauty, but not everyone one see it."
~ Confucius ~ There is no such things as Luck or Destiny. Everything revolves around Karma - Laws of Actions and Reaction.
Good merita (pahala) and bad merits (dosa) are generated by oneself through actions conducted in daily activities. It acts as a currency in human affairs. The good we do will become our "savings" and the bad things we do will become our expenses. That is why sometimes, good people often receive bad things or hardship in life - not because some stars didn't align properly but because their "savings" are being used to erase whatever debts they had done in their past (this life or the pervious one).
One should only concentrate in their actions - thoughts, ideals, performance (these are direct actions) and who or what they support in life (indirect actions). These will generate Karma and determine their future path. One should not be bothered about what stars they are born into or located in currently or what their destiny is and nonsense like that. For the future always changes according to one's own actions.
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