Originally Posted by Helena Handbaskets
I don't know enough about Buddhism to be sure of this, but if it's worth its standing as a major religion/philosophy, I suspect Buddhists would say it's an improper application of the principle of karma to advocate cheating someone because I've been cheated.
It's Hinduism of which Karma is an element. And identifying with the idea of the action (without actually taking the action) results in the same 'Karmic debt' as actually taking the action. In order words, you're already guilty.
IMHO, a Buddhist lesson would be along the lines of...
The Zen one finds while flying at 33,000 feet is nothing more than the Zen one brings up there with one.
