Four kinds of kamma (2)

The Buddha's words

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“Monks, these four kinds of kamma have been declared by me, having realized them directly for myself. What are these four? Monks, there is dark kamma with dark results; monks, there is bright kamma with bright results; monks, there is dark and bright kamma with dark and bright results; monks, there is kamma that is neither dark nor bright, with neither dark nor bright results, leading to the exhaustion of kamma.

“And what, monks, is dark kamma with dark results? Here, monks, a certain person forms an afflicted bodily volitional formation, forms an afflicted verbal volitional formation, forms an afflicted mental volitional formation. Having formed an afflicted bodily volitional formation, having formed an afflicted verbal volitional formation, having formed an afflicted mental volitional formation, he is reborn in an afflicted world. When he is reborn in an afflicted world, afflicted contacts touch him. Being touched by afflicted contacts, he experiences an afflicted feeling, exclusively painful, just like the beings in hell. This, monks, is called dark kamma with dark results.

“And what, monks, is bright kamma with bright results? Here, monks, a certain person forms an unafflicted bodily volitional formation, forms an unafflicted verbal volitional formation, forms an unafflicted mental volitional formation. Having formed an unafflicted bodily volitional formation, having formed an unafflicted verbal volitional formation, having formed an unafflicted mental volitional formation, he is reborn in an unafflicted world. When he is reborn in an unafflicted world, unafflicted contacts touch him. Being touched by unafflicted contacts, he experiences an unafflicted feeling, exclusively pleasant, just like the Subhakiṇhā devas. This, monks, is called bright kamma with bright results.

“And what, monks, is dark and bright kamma with dark and bright results? Here, monks, a certain person forms both an afflicted and an unafflicted bodily volitional formation, forms both an afflicted and an unafflicted verbal volitional formation, forms both an afflicted and an unafflicted mental volitional formation. Having formed both an afflicted and an unafflicted bodily volitional formation, having formed both an afflicted and an unafflicted verbal volitional formation, having formed both an afflicted and an unafflicted mental volitional formation, he is reborn in both an afflicted and an unafflicted world. When he is reborn in both an afflicted and an unafflicted world, both afflicted and unafflicted contacts touch him. Being touched by both afflicted and unafflicted contacts, he experiences both an afflicted and an unafflicted feeling, mixed pleasure and pain, just like human beings, some devas, and some in the lower realms. This, monks, is called dark and bright kamma with dark and bright results.

“And what, monks, is kamma that is neither dark nor bright, with neither dark nor bright results, leading to the exhaustion of kamma? Monks, among these, the volitional act for the abandoning of dark kamma with dark ripening, the volitional act for the abandoning of bright kamma with bright ripening, the volitional act for the abandoning of dark and bright kamma with dark and bright ripening – this, monks, is called kamma that is neither dark nor bright, with neither dark nor bright ripening, leading to the destruction of kamma. These four kammas, monks, have been declared by me after having directly known and realized them for myself.”

Vitthārasutta

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