"Karma is the process of causes, conditions, and consequences. It can also be described as the energy and actions of the 'self.'
Any action initiated in hopes of obtaining a particular result-that is, any action caused by greed, hatred, or delusion-generates karma."
"So as long as you have expectations, you generate karma. Whether your actions are good or evil, they generate it. That is why the Buddha said to live in the present."
Naruto pressed his palms together and nodded slightly. "Yes! Good actions do not necessarily produce good results, and evil actions do not necessarily produce evil results. When you act with expectations, results that fall short of those expectations bring suffering.
Just like Teacher Yan back then. He planned very well, but all sorts of reasons kept causing the results to fall short of his expectations. That made him suffer, and that suffering awakened his Sharingan."
"So the saying that good is rewarded with good and evil with evil is a lie?"
Naruto said calmly, "Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism have no concept of good and evil, or at least no concept of good and evil in the worldly sense.
Good never appears alone. Where there is good, there must be evil; where there is peace, there must be war. Nothing in existence can exist independently.
For example, if we consider someone very bad, there must be someone better than him. Otherwise, there would be no basis for calling him bad."
Asuma asked solemnly, "What is calming and insight? And how does a person practice it?"
"Calming and insight are two steps. 'Calming' narrows the scope of your attention, thereby reducing the mind's fabrications and creating a state of tranquility.
When thoughts and troubles arise, if you observe them without preconceptions, neither disturbing them nor fabricating more thoughts, they