INHERITANCE OF DEEDS  (KARMA)

  For, owners of their deeds  (karma)  are the beings, heirs of

their deeds; their deeds are the womb from which they sprang; with

their deeds they are bound up; their deeds are their refuge.

Whatever deeds they do-good or evil-of such they will be the heirs.

  And wherever the beings spring into existence, there their deeds

will ripen; and wherever their deeds ripen, there they will earn the

fruits of those deeds, be it in this life, or be it in the next

life, or be it in any other future life.

  There will come a time, when the mighty ocean will dry up, vanish,

and be no more. There will come a time, when the mighty earth will

be devoured by fire, perish, and be no more. But, yet there will be no

end to the suffering of beings, who, obstructed by ignorance, and

ensnared by craving, are hurrying and hastening through this round

of rebirths.