According to Buddhist teachings,
relationships between people and all events in life are the result of
connections and karma formed in previous lives. The phrase "let things
happen naturally" (or "vạn sự tùy duyên" in Vietnamese) implies
that we should learn to let go in order to find peace, without competing,
without harboring resentment, and leaving things to unfold as they will. What
is meant to happen will happen, and there is no point in forcing things since
nothing can be changed. Instead of
trying to control outcomes, we should learn to let go and accept things as they
are. Only by doing this can we reach for and embrace the good things that lie
ahead in life.
"Going with the flow" also means
accepting the present with joy, stopping resistance, and calmly waiting for the
right circumstances to come together. Oftentimes, this attitude of calm and
non-resistance becomes the very connection that brings forth good fortune.
Don’t forget that for anything to succeed, countless favorable conditions must
come together; if even one is missing, the outcome may fail. When we possess
deep understanding or have experienced certain situations, sometimes we can
predict what we should or should not do to help favorable conditions come
together and let unfavorable ones dissipate.
We often refer to favorable conditions as
"good karma" and unfavorable ones as "bad karma." What
benefits one person may not benefit another, and vice versa. This only applies
to human interactions, while karma operates on all things throughout the
universe. In its essence, karma is neither good nor bad, favorable nor
unfavorable. It is simply the gathering or dissolving of energies emitted by
all beings. However, our habit is to feel happiness and wish to cling to
favorable karma while feeling discomfort and trying to avoid or eliminate
unfavorable karma.
Yet, favorable karma does not always bring
happiness, and unfavorable karma does not always result in suffering.
Sometimes, unfavorable karma leads to personal growth, while favorable karma
can make us weak. Favorable conditions at the beginning may later turn into
unfavorable ones, and unfavorable conditions now can transform into blessings
in the future. Everything depends on our resilience and attitude towards life.
Thus, we don’t need to rush to change the
karma we dislike or to seek the karma we desire. When our inner state is strong
and peaceful, positive conditions will naturally align with us. In truth, once
we find the life force within ourselves, external values will no longer seem
important. Whether karma is good or bad, we remain free and at ease. As the
Dalai Lama once taught: "Remember that not getting what you want is
sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck."
To know how to live according to karma is
to live like this.
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