This should be taken in conjunction with Cause and Effect and Kamma and Kamma Vipaka.
Every action has a causative effect or simply become a neutral actions.
It could be positive or negative or neutral.
This is similar to philosophical view of right view, wrong view or neither right nor wrong view.
Actions like eating, walking, running, singing and dancing are neutral actions. There is no reason to apply cause and effect to those actions except overeating causes obesity and too much exercise causes fatigue.
The real aim of Buddhism is to be neural or attain a state of equinimity.
Do not do Kusala Kamma.
Do not do Akusala Kamma.
This is what, I learned from my son under 7 years.
He said do not do Pin (Kusala).
Do not do Pav (Akusala).
That was my first entry into Dhamma.
Right entry as an adult.
That made me to delve into Buddhism in depth.
Buddhist Publications Society in Kandy was my repository which was initiated by two German (Jewish) monks.
I use to visit there at least once a month.
It started with "Bodhi Leaves" written by both lay people or monks.
But my true companion is Dhammapda.
It has a verse which says knowing one verse in depth is better than knowing 1000 by heart.
My mother could recite almost any in the Dhammpada without knowing it's interpretation in real Dhamma.
In her final days, I used to recite one verse from Dhammpada randomly (in Sinhala) and I read the meaning or objectives.
This blog site has s few of them retold.
I did that when Ukraine War got started and now after 3 or 4 years, down the track we are still at loggerhead.
No diplomacy.
I hope President Trump and President Putin grab this opportunity with a neutral stance.
Neither side declare we or they are victorious.
Zelensky is the biggest hindrance to any objective outcome.
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