The Karma Conundrum

..they say that the poor farmers in Issan, and poor people in LOS in general will never revolt, as in for example France in 1789 ( heads rolled, let them eat cake, the Bastille,red berets,sans coulottes, Les miserables,etc)

..they say that is because the poor in LOS accept their lot in life, no matter how bad it gets for them, so they are relatively "happy"

..they say that is because they believe in Karma, and they must have screwed up in their past life, so they accept their fate, and do not complain, my bpen rai

.. they say the rich in LOS love Karma too, in part because it "keeps them ( the poor) down on the farm", and the rich stay rich, and the poor get poorer

..one source is from the book "The force of Karma", written by a Thai

..what do you have to say about this ??

i say it is a double-edged sword, the rich are deluded, and so are the poor, so it cuts both ways, but much deeper for the poor..

signed: thank God for Buddhism, Christianity and Islam