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
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'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...