The law of cause and effect is not a patent of Buddhism, it is an objective law, nor was it invented by Buddhism, but discovered by Buddhism and even other religions. Confucianism, Taoism, Brahmanism and even Christianity and Catholicism have all discovered this law, but The way of expression is just different from the noun.

Karma and retribution are inherently objective facts and laws. "Cause" is the cause, and "result" is the result. "Retribution" is the evolution process from cause to result. Simply understood, karma is: good causes lead to good results; bad causes lead to bad results (of course in reality The application is far more than that simple), in the theory of modern science, it is "from quantitative change to qualitative change".

To form cause and effect, just like the process of planting rice, it takes time:

1. Sowing, which is the cause. Take the saying "Sow a grain of millet in spring and harvest ten thousand grains in autumn". Among them, "planting in spring" is the cause, that is, you start to have an idea, and this idea begins to sprout, so it is like planting "a grain of millet". Went to the fields.

2. Fate. That is to say, after this "grain of millet" is planted, it needs many factors to germinate, such as sunlight, moisture, nutrients, soil, etc., including not being eaten by pests. This is something you should pay special attention to. Why are there no results when you think about it? Because the conditions are not met, there are actually results (no results are also a result), but the results you want are not achieved. This is "insufficient causes and conditions". 99% of the thoughts are dead here, but others do not pay attention to it. The real cause and effect is the abbreviation of "Cause, Destiny, Fruit, and Retribution". Because of the abbreviation, many people ignore "Destiny and Retribution".

3. Time: Why doesn’t it happen immediately? Obviously, if you plant it in spring, it will bloom in autumn. Why not bloom in spring and summer? Because it needs a brewing and maturing time. If the time is not enough, the fruit will not be formed.

4. Result: "Autumn harvest ten thousand grains" is the result. First, it explains the time, and second, it creates a comparison. From "one grain of millet" to "ten thousand grains", it is obvious that cause and effect are formed. And it has expanded a lot. This is the correct "cause", which can get more correct "results"; what about the wrong "cause"? Because it is contrary to common sense, it also receives a lot of interference, so it often cannot bear the correct "fruit", and even the wrong "fruit" will be affected.