Which Car to Buy
A student asked Rinpoche to check regarding which car to buy. One of the cars was one to two years older than the other. The older car had 11,000 more miles on the clock, but it had only had one owner, and had been very well looked after. The student commented that usually this would indicate that this car would be better.
It will not necessarily be better just because it has been kept in very good condition. It doesn’t mean that problems won’t occur. It all depends on the karma of the individual, because when the vehicle changes hands, even if the car has no problems, the new owner’s karma changes this, and the car may then have many problems. Or the car might currently have many problems, but when it changes owners, because the karma changes, the car might run great.