If we were angry a moment ago...

More words of Buddhist wisdom, this time courtesy of Ayya Khema, author and founder of Nuns Island:


November 29, 2008
Tricycle's Daily Dharma

Rebirth

"...We need not think of rebirth only in a future life. We are in actual fact reborn every moment with new thoughts and feelings, and we bring with us the karma that we made in the past moments. If we were angry a moment ago, we are not going to feel good immediately. If we were loving a moment ago, we would be feeling fine now. Thus we live moment to moment with the results of our karma."

--Ayya Khema, "When the Iron Eagle Flies"