If it seems hard-hearted to say that other people are suffering because of their karma, you have to ask yourself: Is your compassion so pure that you can only give it to pure people? We’re all in this together.
"Another complaint people have about karma is the idea that if somebody
is suffering, they deserve to suffer so you’re going to leave them that
way — which is not the case. Again, nobody deserves to suffer; actions
just have results. But the state of mind with which the action is done
and the state of mind with which you receive the results can make a huge
difference. If it seems hard-hearted to say that other people are
suffering because of their karma, you have to ask yourself: Is your
compassion so pure that you can only give it to pure people? We’re all
in this together; our compassion has to spread to everybody — good and
bad, those who have good things, those who have done bad things to us.
We’ve all done both good and bad things. Karma’s a great equalizer, in
the sense that the basic principle underlying it applies equally to
everyone. At the moment, there are inequalities. Some people are very
happy. Some people are very fortunate, others are not at all. But we’re
all living in the same principle."
~ Thanissaro Bhikkhu "The Karma of Meditation"
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