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Does Selling Drugs Cause Negative Karma? Question: Does
selling drugs cause negative karma? Answer: Perhaps
it is like selling knives. We know people can be hurt or killed by knives even
though they are used daily by everyone; but usually
we feel safe in selling them, and are without fear of karmic repercussion.
However, if one were to provide a knife to a man who is obviously going to
use it for ill, this could implicate one karmically. In drug abuse, the user
is the responsible party, but hallucinatory and intoxicating drugs are taken for no other purpose. The seller becomes party
to law breaking even though he is supplying a marketing demand. Regardless of
intention, negative results for the seller of drugs are inevitable if a sale
produces an end result which is harmful to the user,
or is not for his greatest good. For persons who are
precariously balanced emotionally, drug use can lead to a state of
severe and permanent psychotic depression. Some drugs cause damage to the brain which is ineradicable. All these things should be considered when answering one s own question of
whether or not negative karma may be incurred by dealing in drugs. (11-1971) |
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