this person i knew, their mom use to tell them, if you make fun of other people for being fat, then one day you’re going to be fat.
this person grew up to be fat. and they believed it was because they made fun of others for being fat when they were a kid.
i stayed at a monastery for 3 years. 8 precepts was the norm there, no food after solar noon. many yogis and monastics also experimented or were regulars of eating once in one sitting per day.
i experimented with eating once a day, and i loved it until the 4th day when my energy just collapsed. the amount of body fat and energy i could eat in one sitting per day, could only last a few days. i tried it a few times over 3 years, but each time was about the same. the food was mostly vegan with eggs available most days. so i could usually get enough protein, but not enough fat. when i got back to the USA, i tried again, eating just one sitting a day, this time i added a bowl of ice cream at the end of the meal. now this time, i could last about 12 days before my energy collapsed.
another yogi was about 30 pounds overweight, he started eating once per day. week by week you could see him getting skinnier. after about 6 months, he was about as skinny as me. i’m skinny. i suspect if he continued with one meal a day, he would start having the problem i had of energy collapsing.
so back to the main point.
this is the kamma of eating:
if you eat more calories than the calories you lose from metabolic activity, you will gain weight.
if you don’t get enough calories you will lose weight.
that’s the primary kamma of being fat or not fat.
(of course disease and side effects of the abominable common pharmaceuticals people use can be an overriding factor)
this is one type of kamma for making fun of other people for being dull:
other people will think you’re a conceited inconsiderate jerk.
and what to people do to jerks? they’ll use any convenient opportunity to make trouble for jerks.
this is the path to becoming dull:
watch tv all day, don’t think, don’t reflect, blindly accept dogma, take intoxicants that harm the mind, eat unhealthy food, don’t exercise.
this is the path to being intelligent:
ask questions of intelligent people, think about this, reflect, don’t blindly accept dogma without considering it carefully
similar template for wisdom as with intelligence, noting that wisdom is much more important, intelligence can be way akusula unwholesome
now the culapanthaka situation involves one more element that goes beyond my knowledge and experience. that is, doing something mean to an ariya, what would be the repercussions? would one be born in hell?
there’s one side of me that thinks there’s fear mongering going on by the patriarchs of the orthodoxy, but there’s another side of me that says, what the heck, it’s to my benefit if i just pretend everyone is an ariya and treat them with respect even if they act like a jerk.