Four kinds of kamma (3)

The Buddha's words

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“Monks, these are four kinds of kamma that I have declared after realizing and directly knowing them myself. What are the four? There is, monks, kamma that is dark with dark results; there is, monks, kamma that is bright with bright results; there is, monks, kamma that is both dark and bright with both dark and bright results; there is, monks, kamma that is neither dark nor bright, with neither dark nor bright results, conducive to the destruction of kamma.

And what, monks, is kamma that is dark with dark results? Here, monks, someone is a killer of living beings, takes what is not given, engages in sexual misconduct, speaks falsely, and indulges in fermented and distilled intoxicants that are a basis for heedlessness. This, monks, is called kamma that is dark with dark results.

“And what, monks, is kamma that is bright with bright results? Here, monks, someone abstains from killing living beings, abstains from taking what is not given, abstains from sexual misconduct, abstains from false speech, and abstains from fermented and distilled intoxicants that are a basis for heedlessness. This, monks, is called kamma that is bright with bright results.

“And what, monks, is kamma that is both dark and bright with both dark and bright results? Here, monks, someone forms both harmful and harmless bodily volitional formations… (the passage is to be expanded as in the previous sutta)… This, monks, is called kamma that is both dark and bright with both dark and bright results.

“And what, monks, is kamma that is neither dark nor bright, with neither dark nor bright results, conducive to the destruction of kamma? Here, monks, the volition for the abandoning of kamma that is dark with dark results… (the passage is to be expanded as in the previous sutta)… This, monks, is called kamma that is neither dark nor bright, with neither dark nor bright results, conducive to the destruction of kamma. These, monks, are the four kinds of kamma that I have declared after realizing and directly knowing them myself.”

Paṭhamasikkhāpadasutta

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