What does it base on?

SJS6638 SG

killing not encouraged in buddhism, yes. so? ghosts not so buddhist what.

from buddhist dictionary, #5 (non-ghosts?) :-

‎"五種通 Five kinds of supernatural power: (1) 道通 of bodhisattvas through their insight into truth; (2) 神通 of arhats through their mental concentration; (3) 依通 supernatural or magical powers dependent on drugs, charms, incantations, etc.; (4) 報通 or 業通 reward or karma powers of transformation possessed by devas, nāgas, etc.; (5) 妖通 magical power of goblins, satyrs, etc."

五神通 (or 五神變) pañcabhijñā; also 五通 (力) the five supernatural powers. (1 ) 天眼通 (天眼智證通) divyacakṣus ; deva-vision, instantaneous view of anything anywhere in the form-realm. (2) 天耳通 (天耳智證通) divyaśrotra, ability to hear any sound anywhere. (3) 他心通 (他心智證通) paracitta-jñāna, ability to know the thoughts of all other minds. (4) 宿命通 (宿命智證通) pūrvanivāsānusmṛti-jñāna, knowledge of all formed existences of self and others. (5) 神通 (神通智證通) 通; 神足通; 神如意通 ṛddhi-sākṣātkriyā, power to be anywhere or do anything at will. See 智度論 5. Powers similar to these are also attainable by meditation, incantations, and drugs, hence heterodox teachers also may possess them.

note: they are not ghosts (typically) and spiritual powers may varies.

Insightful. Is it ok if you elaborate a little on each of it?

An Eternal Now SG

No. I am aware there is afterlife each time the dead rebirth to become human beings.

Actually, I am more of finding out the how does the karma created by ghosts affect them.

I see. It can affect them either on that lifetime itself, or in their next life.

Just like our karma can affect ourselves in this life, or in our next life. All the same. As the Buddha stated:

"And what is the result of kamma? The result of kamma is of three sorts, I tell you: that which arises right here & now, that which arises later [in this lifetime], and that which arises following that. This is called the result of kamma.

SJS6638 SG

I see. It can affect them either on that lifetime itself, or in their next life.

Just like our karma can affect ourselves in this life, or in our next life. All the same. As the Buddha stated:

Read and told about these on karma.

What i don't understand is that if karma created by ghosts does not matter why allow karma to be applicable to them ?

An Eternal Now SG

I don't think anyone said that karma created by ghosts don't matter. I'm not sure if I understand what you mean.

sinweiy SG

Read and told about these on karma.

What i don't understand is that if karma created by ghosts does not matter why allow karma to be applicable to them ?

change the word karma to intentional action to better understand the word.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karma_in_Buddhism

In the Nibbedhika Sutta (Anguttara Nikaya 6.63) the Buddha said: "Intention (P. cetana, S. cetanā) I tell you, is kamma. Intending, one does kamma by way of body, speech, & intellect."[5]

The word karma derives from the verbal root kṛ, which means "do, make, perform, accomplish." Karma is "the nominative singular form of the neuter word karman, which means 'act, action, performance, deed.' In grammatical usage, karman refers to the direct object in a sentence, the recipient of the action indicated by the verb."[2] In the Devanagari script karma is rendered कर्मन्; the Pāli variant is kamma. The terms in translation are as follows: Traditional Chinese: 業, yè, .

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