A guest asked me to tell her why her husband had died young.

I replied that he died early because of his kamma. In his past life, he committed numerous acts of killing and cruelty to animals. He had to face his karmic retribution which caused him to die young. Someone who lives long, such as in my case, is due to abstention from killing or causing suffering to other beings in the past life. But remember, everyone must die sooner or later. There are no exceptions to this rule.

January 20, 1991