It’s because this is a teaching on karma that it’s also a teaching on your dignity, your responsibility.

"When the compilers of the Canon characterized the Buddha’s teaching, they characterized it as a teaching on karma. The Buddha was a “karma-speaker,” they said. And they were right. It’s because this is a teaching on karma that it’s also a teaching on your dignity, your responsibility."

~ Thanissaro Bhikkhu "Only One Person"

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