Doctor Plai Emphasizes Karma Cannot Be Changed but Destiny Can Be Altered, Reveals Effective Ways to Handle Karmic Consequences

Karma Adjustment Many believe that rituals to avert misfortune or making merit can change one's karma. In truth, we cannot change karma because it is the consequence of past actions. However, we can create new merit to alter future results, and if truly remorseful, we can apologize, seek forgiveness, and improve ourselves.

1. From the perspective of belief and ritual (Is it truly effective?)

Many choose methods like cutting karma ties, withdrawing oaths, or performing misfortune-averting rituals.

Psychological perspective: These methods help create a sense of relief. When stress decreases, morale increases, enabling better mindfulness in solving life’s problems.

From the doctrinal perspective: Correcting karma through money or rituals alone does not exist in Theravada Buddhism because karma is action, and actions inevitably produce results.

2. From the cause-and-effect viewpoint

For example, "Diluting karma" Can be compared to "salt in water"

Old karma is like salt; we cannot remove salt from a glass of water.

New merit and goodness are like fresh water. If we keep adding fresh water—doing good deeds—the saltiness fades until it is tolerable.

Addressing the root cause: If we have wronged someone, the best karma correction is to apologize (seek forgiveness) and improve ourselves by not repeating the same behavior.

3. The most sustainable "karma adjustment"

• Change behavior or body habits. For example, staying up late harms health, or speaking carelessly causes conflicts with others.
• Change attitude or mind. Train oneself to accept that what happens is the result of past actions (both remembered and forgotten) to stop blaming fate and focus on the present.
• Create new good karma by giving, observing precepts, and most importantly, meditation to maintain mindfulness and emotional awareness.

However, we once asked Doctor Plai of Whispering Spirit whether karma can be changed./horoscope/Thairath Online brings this information again to support the statement that "Karma truly cannot be changed."  

(Can we change karma from past actions or past lives?)

"We can change our destiny, but if we know that a period of life will bring heavy karmic consequences, Lord Yama always teaches not to wait for karma to come. Instead, seek karmic consequences that will benefit us instead. They can compensate each other. Having fully embraced Buddhism is considered to be having considerable merit, but it also depends on one’s conduct."

Therefore, karma correction as "erasing fault" is impossible, but karma correction by "self-improvement to create a new future" is truly achievable and most effective.