The Karma of Stealing: Five Factors of Stealing in Buddhism

Auntie confesses her own small thefts. Rose apples meant for a sick woman. Fifty years later, she still remembers. No one else knows or saw what we did, but we ourselves remember it precisely. Children had come and stolen them all, and the sick woman had to go without. Snatching a sick person's food to eat, nearly fifty years ago, and I have never forgotten. A true story from the memories of Auntie Win (Upasika Thawin Watirangkul), told in full, translated from the Thai book "From Memory" (จากความทรงจำ), Volume 2. Chapters 0:00 Auntie confesses her own small thefts 0:22 The story begins 1:33 Rose apple 5:24 Ariya-dhana Source: จากความทรงจำ เล่ม 2, "ตราบาป", pp. 118–120, by Upasika Thawin (Boonsong) Watirangkul, published by the Boon Sahawara Group for free distribution as a gift of Dhamma. Series: Auntie's True Stories. Narration uses an AI voice. Character illustrations were made with AI assistance (Gemini); backgrounds, animation and music are original, made with code.