Aṅguttara Nikāya
Catukka Nipāta
XXIV: Kamma Vagga
Sutta 235 [DTO 237]
Ariya Magga Suttaɱ
The Noble Path
Translated from the Pali by Thanissaro Bhikkhu.
Proofed against and modified in accordance with the revised edition at dhammatalks.org
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[1][pts] "Monks, these four types of kamma
have been directly known,
verified, and announced by me.|| ||
Which four?
There is kamma that is dark
with dark result.
There is kamma that is bright
with bright result.
There is kamma that is dark and bright
with dark and bright result.
There is kamma that is neither dark nor bright
with neither dark nor bright result,
leading to the ending of kamma.
§
"And what is kamma that is dark
with dark result?
There is the case where a certain person
fabricates an injurious bodily fabrication,
fabricates an injurious verbal fabrication,
fabricates an injurious mental fabrication.
Having fabricated an injurious bodily fabrication,
having fabricated an injurious verbal fabrication,
having fabricated an injurious mental fabrication,
he rearises in an injurious world.
On rearising in an injurious world,
he is there touched by injurious contacts.
Touched by injurious contacts,
he experiences feelings
that are exclusively painful,
like those of the beings in hell.
This is called kamma that is dark
with dark result.
■
"And what is kamma that is bright
with bright result?
There is the case where a certain person
fabricates a non-injurious bodily fabrication,
fabricates a non-injurious verbal fabrication,
fabricates a non-injurious mental fabrication.
Having fabricated a non-injurious bodily fabrication,
having fabricated a non-injurious verbal fabrication,
having fabricated a non-injurious mental fabrication,
he rearises in a non-injurious world.
There he is touched by non-injurious contacts.
Touched by non-injurious contacts
he experiences feelings that are exclusively pleasant,
like those of the Beautiful Black Devas.
This is called kamma that is bright with bright result.
■
"And what is kamma that is dark and bright
with dark and bright result?
There is the case where a certain person
fabricates a bodily fabrication that is injurious and non-injurious,
fabricates a verbal fabrication that is injurious and non-injurious
fabricates a mental fabrication that is injurious and non-injurious.
Having fabricated a bodily fabrication that is injurious and non-injurious,
having fabricated a verbal fabrication that is injurious and non-injurious
having fabricated a mental fabrication that is injurious and non-injurious
he rearises in an injurious and non-injurious world.
There he is touched by injurious and non-injurious contacts.
Touched by injurious and non-injurious contacts,
he experiences injurious and non-injurious feelings,
pleasure mingled with pain,
like those of human beings,
some devas,
and some beings in the lower realms.
This is called kamma that is dark and bright with dark and bright result.
■
"And what is kamma that is neither dark nor bright
with neither dark nor bright result,
leading to the ending of kamma?
Right view,
right resolve,
right speech,
right action,
right livelihood,
right effort,
right mindfulness,
right concentration.
This is called kamma
that is neither dark nor bright
with neither dark nor bright result,
leading to the ending of kamma.
"These, monks, are the four types of kamma directly known,
verified, and announced by me."
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