In Buddhism there is a kind of balancing of the scales of good and evil through

a. the working of karma
b. eternal punishment in the land of the hungry ghosts
c. rebirth as an insect
d. none of the above


a. the working of karma

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Why did the Zen master Shunryu Suzuki believe that we must have a "beginner's mind?"

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