宿命论也是错误滴

Now let us analyze whether physical suffering and misfortune arise purely based on karma.

现在我们来分析遇到病痛灾难是否完全由因果来决定的问题。

Some non-Buddhists think that karma dictates the arising of all phenomena. Whether a person has a good life, or even how early or late one can eat, is predetermined and hence immutable. However, this is not the Buddhist view.

个别外道认为：一切显现都是由业力来安排，一个人的一生过得好与不好，甚至连吃一顿饭是早是迟都是命中注定的，是没有办法改变的，但佛教却并不承认这一观点。

Buddhism holds that physical suffering and misfortune all have various contributing factors as their causes. Some illnesses, the so-called karma-induced illness, originated from previous life. They are medically incurable, no matter how much money is spent. These may be attributed to karma. If you have a cold, headache, or fever, it may also be karma related, but not necessarily caused by karma from the past lives. Hence, karma is sometimes directly responsible for certain things to take place, but other times may not be so directly involved. The point is, in all matters, Buddhism has always opposed taking the dualistic approach, affirming one while negating the other. The same applies to karma.

佛教认为：无论病痛也好，灾难也好，都有多种因缘。有些病是前世造成的病，也叫业力病，这种病无论花多少钱，采用多么高明的医疗手段，都无法治愈，这有可能跟因果有关系。假如你只是感冒头痛发烧，也不能排除是因果的原因，但也不是一定由前世的因所导致。所以，有些事物确实跟因果有联系，有些却跟因果没有直接的关联，佛教一直强调不堕二边，在因果上也是如此。

On the other hand, if everything were destined and immutable as some non-Buddhists believe, what would be the point of undertaking spiritual practice? Since everything has already been set, there is no point trying to change anything in life—if having a good life, rejoice in one’s good fortune; a miserable one, just bear it. By the same token，if everything were predetermined，it would be useless giving food to the needed since going hungry would have been their destiny anyway. Hence, fatalism has failed to stand.

如果像外道所讲的一切都是命中注定无法改变，那修行还有什么用呢？既然已经注定了，就什么都不用做了，结果好就随意享受，不好也只有任其发生、听天由命。同样，假如真有一个命中注定，那么布施给别人食物也没有用，给了他也吃不饱，因为他命中注定要挨饿。所以，这种宿命论是不能成立的。