Do monks sneeze and cough?
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There are a couple of points here about how to be polite if the Buddha sneezes or a monk sneezes:
Now at that time the Lord, surrounded by a large assembly, sneezed while he was teaching dhamma. Monks, saying: “Lord, may the Lord live (long), may the wellfarer live (long),” made a loud noise, a great noise; the talk on dhamma was interrupted by this noise. Then the Lord addressed the monks, saying: “Now, monks, when (the phrase) ‘Long life’ is spoken to one who has sneezed, can he for this reason live or die?”
“That is not so, Lord.”
“Monks, ‘Long life’ should not be said to one who has sneezed. Whoever should say it, there is an offence of wrong-doing.”
Now at that time people said “May you live (long), honoured sirs” to monks who had sneezed. The monks, being scrupulous, did not respond. People … spread it about, saying: “How can these recluses, sons of the Sakyans not respond when (the phrase) ‘May you live (long), honoured sirs’ is being spoken to them?” They told this matter to the Lord. He said: “Monks, householders like lucky signs. I allow you, monks, when (the phrase) ‘May you live (long), honoured sirs’ is being spoken to you by householders to say, ‘Long life’ (to them).”
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Our very existence acts as a condition for the suffering of others. That said, I think you have a blinkered understanding of how karma works. As Friedrick said, intention plays a pinnacle role.
Also, the Buddha dharma teaches pacification of the mind and body. The correct way to control our body, speech and mind is taught by all Buddhist traditions and refraining from actively harming other sentient beings is crucial. However, controlling involuntary bodily reactions is pretty high hanging fruit.
I don't know whether Arya being's can control involuntary bodily reactions, but I suspect they can. When I become an Arya being I'll try and keep your question in mind and let you know somehow. Keep in mind, that not all monks and seekers on the path are at the same level. Some must content themselves with much lower hanging fruit for now :)
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Strictly speaking both are propagating disease and generate bad kamma, since you're infecting other people.
Kamma doesn't get generated by sneezing when you are ill. The 'intention' plays a very big part in ones Kamma. So no bad Kamma there.
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