Kamma

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.)...

I am the Owner of my Actions

24/06/2010 17:39
‘I am the owner of my actions , heir to my actions, born of my actions have my actions as relative, as refuge. Whatever I do, for good or for evil, to that will I fall heir.’ (...) AN 5.57  Upajjhatthana Sutta: Subjects for Contemplation (...) 'Kammassakomhi kammadāyādo kammayoni...

Dark and bright Kamma

31/05/2010 14:55
  "Monks, these four types of kamma have been directly realized, verified, & made known by me. Which four? There is dark kamma with dark result. There is bright kamma with bright result. There is kamma that is dark & bright with dark & bright result. There is kamma that is ...

Ten Courses of Action

31/05/2010 13:56
"And how are there three kinds of bodily conduct not in accordance with the Dhamma, unrighteous conduct? Here someone kills living beings: he is murderous, bloody-handed, given to blows and violence, and merciless to all living beings. He takes what is not...