Related:: [[Cetana]], [[Sankhara|Saṅkhāra]], [[Punna & Papa|Puñña & Pāpa]] # Kamma (i.e. Karma, or Deeds) ## What is Kamma? ![[AN6.63 Nibbedhikasutta#^cetana-kamma-vadami]] ## Kamma Vipāka (Fruit of a Deed) ![[AN6.63 Nibbedhikasutta#^kamma-vipaka]] ### 4 Types of Deeds ![[MN57 Kukkuravatikasutta#^4-kinds]] ### Beings are Owners and Heir to their own Deeds ![[MN135 Cūḷakammavibhaṅgasutta#^kamma-makes-the-difference]] ![[AN10.48 Pabbajitaabhiṇhasutta#^kammasaka]] ![[MN57 Kukkuravatikasutta#^heir-of-kamma]] ### Bad Deeds ![[MN57 Kukkuravatikasutta#^hurtful-deeds]] ### Good Deeds ![[MN57 Kukkuravatikasutta#^pleasing-deeds]] ## The Mechanisms — How Kamma works! ### Fruit of Kamma is NOT Immediate, and can be Difficult to see! ![[MN136 Mahākammavibhaṅgasutta#^kamma-vipaka-delay|MN136]] ### Feelings reveal the Type of Kamma being created! ![[MN136 Mahākammavibhaṅgasutta#^good-kamma-pleasure]] ## Kamma is not the _Only_ factor! ![[AN3.61 Titthāyatanasutta#^3-wrong-views]] ## Kamma is the "Field" for Becomming ![[AN3.77 Dutiyabhavasutta#^bhava-sutta]] ## Ānantarika (Immediate) Kamma Actions of _Ānantarika Kamma_ bring their consequences without a "gap", and cannot be avoided like other types of kamma. It contains the following 5 types: 1. Killing one's mother 2. Killing one's father 3. Killing an [[Arahat]] 4. Injuring a [[Buddha]] 5. Creating a schism in the [[Sangha|Saṅgha]] ## Videos - Buddhism 101: Consequences (by [[Yuttadhammo Bhikkhu]]) ([Youtube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FaKdei6NmkA)) ## Suttas - MN135 Cūḷakammavibhaṅgasutta - More explanations in an10.216 Saṁsappanīyasutta ([link](https://suttacentral.net/an10.216/en/sujato)), on how creepy creatures come about - [[MN136 Mahākammavibhaṅgasutta]] - Kamma should not be seen in an Absolute sense! - (Related to MN136) SN42.13 Pāṭaliyasutta ([link](https://suttacentral.net/sn42.13/en/sujato)) ^sn42-13 - Buddha explained that it's a wrong view to see "kamma" as "instantly rewarded in this life" - And how if one has developed loving kindness and commit to non-harming, then whether kamma is real or not, he will enjoy happiness in this life and next. - [[AN6.63 Nibbedhikasutta]] ([link](https://suttacentral.net/an6.63/en/sujato)) - Intention, monks, is what i call as "Deed" - [[MN56 Upālisutta]] - Mental deeds is the most blameworthy, more so than verbal and physical (bodily) deeds - [[MN57 Kukkuravatikasutta]] ([link](https://suttacentral.net/mn57/en/sujato)) - Practitioner who behaved like a Dog - (Similar) SN42.2 Tālapuṭasutta ([link](https://suttacentral.net/sn42.2/en/sujato)) - Dancers go to a hell called "Laughter" - (Similar) SN42.3 Yodhājīvasutta ([link](https://suttacentral.net/sn42.3/en/sujato)) - Warriors go to a hell called "The Fallen" - (Similiar) AN4.233 Vitthārasutta ([link](https://suttacentral.net/an4.233/en/sujato)) - also mentioned 4 kinds of deeds - SN42.8 Saṅkhadhamasutta ([link](https://suttacentral.net/sn42.8/en/sujato)) ^sn42-8 - Kamma is _NOT_ Destiny (as taught by Jains) — One can transcend wrong doings of the past by accepting fault and letting it go - [[AN3.77 Dutiyabhavasutta]] - Kamma is the field, consciousness is the seed, craving is the moisture - [[AN3.61 Titthāyatanasutta]] - Deeds are not the ONLY deciding factor for existence ### Fruits of Deeds - [[AN8.40 Duccaritavipākasutta]] - Consequence of immoral deeds - SN42.6 Asibandhakaputtasutta ([link](https://suttacentral.net/sn42.6/en/sujato)) - Like a stone cannot float, and ghee or oil cannot sink regardless of praying, a person will go down or up based upon their own deeds, and not according to prayers #simile/buddha/best - AN4.197 Mallikādevīsutta ([link](https://suttacentral.net/an4.197/en/sujato)) - The kamma vipaka of women who's ugly, poor, and insignifcant - 1. bad-tempered and bitter — ugly - 2. stingy/miserly — poor - 3. jealous — insignificant - 佛陀解释说，不生气、不易怒的过去业令她们美丽；布施令她们富有；不嫉妒令她们具威势。