IndexShort storyKarmaHe mistreated a dog and became a police dogThe animosity of fellow Indian traineesThe protagonist: Lee Fung YeeFreedom of choiceBe present: cultivate healthy actionsConclusionRunning on Karma is a local production of directors famous Johnnie To and Ka Fai Wai. Wai, famous for including Buddhist themes in his productions. As the name suggests, this film is mainly about an important Buddhist theme, karma. This is underlined on the poster by the phrase translated from Chinese that nothing can be taken away, only the karma that comes with it. The story told in this film is closely intertwined with this concept, which will be carefully analyzed and discussed in this article. Say no to plagiarism. Get a tailor-made essay on "Why Violent Video Games Shouldn't Be Banned"? Get Original EssayShort StoryBig, who was a Buddhist monk, can see past karma after unintentionally hitting a bird to death due to his resentment of his friend, Jade's death caused by Sun Ko. He cannot predict the future but he can see the cause based on the outcome, phala. He suffers the pain of seeing karma and gives up being a monk. When working in a strip bar, he meets Lee Fung Yee during a police clearance action. He sees the past negative karma of this girl who was a Japanese soldier who massacred countless people in the previous life; and is driven by her kindness to try to help her. What happens to Lee ultimately changes Big completely too. Lee's death caused by the same assassin SunKo illuminates Big's understanding of karma and he becomes a monk again. Karma Simply, karma is deed, action and is equated with our intention or volition, Cetana. It can be acted through the body, speech or mind (Nibbedhika Sutta AN 6.63). It is often compared to a seed that will grow and result in a certain fruit, phala. This process is called maturation, vipaka. The fruit can be tasty or inedible depending on the will of the person acting, virtuous or non-virtuous; and the doer is the heir of his intentional karma. There are some ways to reduce the effect of negative karmic fruit, such as truly regretting a related past action and deciding not to do it again. Then the effect would be just like the reduced salinity of water in the Ganges River instead of the high salinity of water in a small cup of water. This karma may therefore not be defined or absolute to be brought to fruition. Karma does not necessarily bring phala only in the next life, it could be only later in the present life, or in the next life or in one life after another. As mentioned above, the karmic force and even the karmic fruit can be changed by remorse, and the karmic force may until now not be strong enough to lead to fruition, so the law of karma is actually flexible and dynamic. This type of accumulation also explained that the movement between rebirths is not random but governed by the law of karma; and furthermore, karma and outcomes seem unrelated but actually have some connections since the interaction between past and present shapes the present and present actions shape both the present and the future. He Targets a Dog and Becomes a Police Dog A police dog died of a stray bullet fired by Lee during a chase and arrest; and Big sees the dog's past life which was a boy who chased and hit a dog. It should not be said that this is the 'punishment' he deserves, but the natural result of his past actions according to the law of karma. Since this is a police dog that has served for the public good, it is likely to accumulateof positive karma and the negative karmic force can be reduced. Animosity from fellow Indian trainees An Indian man killed the owner of an Indian restaurant in a fight. Big sees that they are fellow apprentices in this life and also in past lives. This shows that their animosity is not as simple as only in this life but also in past lives. The restaurateur betrayed the Indian man in the past life and is killed due to his past karma in this life. The arrest is also the result of the karma of the Indian man who killed the restaurateur and the CID officer. The Indian man saved a cockroach from being trapped in a pool of water in the past life and so the beetle will repay to save him as a woman in this life. The cockroach lost its left arm and the woman's left arm would also be amputated. When the woman actually has her left arm amputated, she too finds it strange to help the Indian unconditionally, but for indescribable reasons. Curiously, he doesn't regret doing it at all and smiles when he expresses this thought to Lee. It's as if he feels he has nothing to regret even if he were to die from this accident. The workings of the law of karma are subtle and are embodied in this story. The protagonist: Lee Fung YeeLee Fung Yee is a kind and courageous policewoman who initially takes care of Big's wound. Big sees his past karma that he was a brutal Japanese soldier who took many lives. Since every intentional action is pregnant with its outcome, it predicts that the girl will die young and miserably. He is attracted by her goodness and helps her twice to try to save her from this tragic karma. However, he finds that the image of the Japanese soldier still follows Lee and finds it frustrating to deal with the law of karma. He confesses what he finds to Lee, and Lee thinks it's unfair. However, she is not desperate to abandon herself. Instead, she works harder to handle police cases and decides to lure SunKo by sacrificing herself. Lee finally meets a violent end and his head is cut off and hanged from the tree. When Big finds him, he screams in resentment as if to chase down and kill SunKo. When he is blinded by anger, a mirror image of himself appears in his heart. He provokes Big to fight him and fights Big the same way. This implies that once the unhealthy action occurs, an unhealthy result must be caused. To end this involvement, one should let go of these unhealthy thoughts of retaliation. In a heavenly thought, Big chooses to let go of his hatred and dons his robes again. He lives on the mountain for five years and one day meets SunKo. After understanding karma, his renunciation of hatred makes him a calm person who embraces SunKo and helps him deal with the result of his karma. This story raised another important question of whether it is right for someone kind in this life to carry forward the bad karma of the last person who appears to be unrelated. However, their relationship can be indicated by an analogy inserted into Big and Lee's walk that an old woman collects two bottles of water on the street. One plants the karmic seed, there must be another who reaps the fruit as long as the right conditions are there since the karmic force will never disappear and the result of karma will inevitably ripen. This is why Big tells Lee that the Japanese soldier is not Lee, and Lee is also not the Japanese soldier. But Lee has to bear the results of the karma committed by the Japanese soldier as she is the one who collects the Japanese soldier's bottles. Freedom of Choice Although Lee was a brutal Japanese soldier who "carries too much sin" according to Big's master, Master Wer; it's a"..