Can People Truly Escape the Consequences of Their Negative Actions?

But some people may not experience obvious consequences immediately because the negative causes they’re making are building up deep within their lives. Maybe they acted out of anger, selfishness or ignorance yet still appear to avoid negative consequences. While many sutras describe icchantikas as incapable of attaining enlightenment, the Lotus Sutra teaches that even they are not beyond hope. The Causes We Make Now Matter MostWhat can we learn from the Lotus Sutra’s view of icchantikas? Second, our task is to keep making positive causes based on faith, wisdom, courage and compassion rather than focusing on whether others seem to escape consequences.