So “How come?”, I thought, if in Buddhism there is no such notion as luck but rather karma. In Buddhism, everything follows the cause-effect principle. Striving to possess makes a person suffer, so one has to overcome their egocentric wishes by controlling mind and body. Doing good helps to build up positive karma and and brings about positive effect. On the other hand, a good luck charm is often misinterpreted since, as I see it, one keeps one as a sign of a promise to oneself that he or she will follow the right path of living.
My idea was confirmed when I read this, “Buddhism teaches that the one, who is deeply learned and skilled, well-trained using well-spoken words with his father and mother, cherishes his wife and child and leads an honest, humble and simple life should be no less than “good luck”. This gets us to the conclusion that, apparently in the Asian tradition luck is rather interpreted as good karma created by motivated action, rather than simple chance. As someone said, “luck is when opportunity knocks and you answer”.
I suddenly realized that whenever they wish you luck they are rather wishing you to choose the right path of living.
