170. Q. If we were to try to represent the whole spirit of the Buddha's doctrine by one word, which word should we choose?
A. Justice.
171. Q. Why?
A. Because it teaches that every man gets, under the operations of unerring KARMA, exactly that reward or punishment which he has deserved, no more and no less. No good deed or bad deed, however trifling, and however secretly committed, escapes the evenly-balanced scales of Karma.
172. Q. What is Karma?[[4]]
A. A causation operating on the moral, as well as on the physical and other planes. Buddhists say there is no miracle in human affairs: what a man sows that he must and will reap.
173. Q. What other good words have been used to express the essence of Buddhism?
A. Self-culture and universal love.
174. Q. What doctrine ennobles Buddhism, and gives it its exalted place among the world's religions?
A. That of Mitta or Maitreya—compassionate kindness. The importance of this doctrine is moreover emphasised in the giving of the name "Maitri" (the Compassionate One), to the coming Buddha.