Intention

24/06/2010 18:00

' Intention, I tell you, is kamma. Intending, one does kamma by way of body, speech, & mind.'

AN 6.63 Nibbedhika Sutta: Penetrative

 

(…) Cetanāhaṃ bhikkhave kammaṃ vadāmi, cetayitvā kammaṃ karoti kāyena vācāya manasā (…)

 

 

Cetanā (nom. sg.)

ahaṃ = I

bhikkhave (voc. pl.) = bhikkhus

kammaṃ (nom. sg.) = kamma

vadāmi = I say

cetayitvā = intending

kammaṃ (acc. sg.) karoti = one does kamma

kāyena (inst. sg.) vācāya (inst. sg.) manasā (inst. sg.) = by body, speech and mind