I'm not strongly religous, but I do belive in being a good person and like the idea of Karma as its a fair system.
I was recently hit by a car and suffered a head injury (not too bad just a deep cut), although the driver of the car was totally in the wrong, he did stop and called an ambulance for me (I was unconcious). I am now nearly fully recoverd a few weeks later and EVERYONE is hassling to me to make a compensation claim against him, when I say him I mean his insurance company.
I wasn't too bothered but people have ben saying a few £1000 wouldn't be much work to get...
I don't like f**king good people over, he made a mistake, it happens, but on the other hand is this really going to have a negative effect on him? He won't be loosing out, just his insurance company, maybe he will loose his no claims?
What should I do? Any buddhist advice lol
Answer by DK42
Well on the one hand that is why we have insurance to cover our backsides when we make a mistake weather accidental or not. At the same time you may think you are just fine now, but some injuries have a way of causing problems down the road and you will have wished you did sue to have something to fall back on in times of dismay. If in your shoes I more than likely would sue. Perhaps it will make the man think better of his bad driving habits and I would have a settlement put aside in case for whatever reason I was not able to work due to the injury I would have something to fall back on.
The only thing that might keep me from suing him is if he made a heartfelt apology. If I knew he had accompanied me to the hospital or at least checked in on me. Something that showed true compassion and regret on his part.
Answer by Zach
You are in a moral dilemma. I think you have to go with your gut. Part of you wants to file the claim, the other does not. Pick whichever is the strongest desire.
Answer by livestium
You must do what you believe is right, it doesn't matter what is right or wrong according to the law these things are immaterial, from a Buddhist point of view right and wrong only differ from perspective, it is compassion that is the key to knowing what is truly right.
If you needed the money from a claim to cover any costs incurred by you, either loss of time from work or medical costs it should be reasonable to claim. If on the other hand your desire to claim is to gain several thousand pounds then it would be considered unreasonable.
If your being governed by your idea of Karma, then you are mistaken. Karma is not about any kind of justice. It is about Natural change due to what we in the west think of as cause and effect. It is only the mutual arisings associated with an event that is not separate from the event but a correlative part.
Answer by 3rd_eye
Karma is nothing more than repercussions and consequences; there's nothing mysterious about that, however if one tries to be a good person only because he fears the Karma effect is merely being a slave to fear.
So if you're a good person, then you're only good for the wrong reasons. To truly be a good person is to recognize good morals and reflect on those morals because it's good in an of itself.
Answer by Zaphod_Beeblebrox
The bhuddist view is that the accident was a gift - an opportunity to learn, grow and perhaps even profit. Gifts are given with no strings attached so you may do as your conscience dictates without necessarily bringing anything bad back upon yourself. However, mentally switch roles for a moment. Good, now consider the possibility that while this was an unusual way to meet someone that perhaps you should take the opportuniy to get to know this person a little bit better. That's where your greatest reward might be found. Never completely ignore chance meetings or you may be missing lifes greatest rewards. You just never know.
Answer by Ross
Karma is the return of our intentions so we can learn from them and then align them with truth.
The only way to have access to what is best for all is to invite absolute truth in or the middle way. In Christianity it's called the Holy Spirit.Without omniscience we are stuck with dependency upon partial perceptions and past attitudes. Ask and you will receive.
Answer by paul
You should defintely sue, as you stated you will be suing his insurance company not him, the only impact he'd likely see is his rates would increase,as well they should. Something needs to be done to this guy to wake him up, Careless driving takes a lot of innocent lifes and you were almost part of that statistic so i think this guys rates going up is a slap on the wrist and hes lucky to get off that easy. As far as you not liking F**king good people over, INSURANCE COMPANIES DEFINATELY DONT FALL UNDER THAT LABEL
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