People who don’t want to believe in the power of their actions are hard to trust. They can say anything, do anything, think anything because they think they don’t have any real consequences.

"The principle of karma was so important that if members of other sects came to ordain and they were from a sect that denied karma, they had to stay for a long probation to test them — to see if they really had had a change of heart. That’s because people who don’t want to believe in the power of their actions are hard to trust. They can say anything, do anything, think anything because they think they don’t have any real consequences."

~ Thanissaro Bhikkhu "How the Tree Leans"

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