... of the new consciousness in the new existence is conditioned by kamma of the past existence, and is conventionally called by common usage: migration from the old to the new existence. But in reality, there ...
Monday, 16 March 2009
... There are wrong beliefs about morality and the existence of self or ego. I shall in the first instance, leave aside these two which will be treated separately later on. The belief that there is no kamma , ...
Sunday, 15 March 2009
... way the person who harbours it. It provides fertile soil for bad kamma and makes one miserable. A powerful man will seek to ruin the person whom he envies, and by so doing, he turns the other into his ...
Sunday, 15 March 2009
... The new informed worldling (puthujana) may also come to hold the wrong view of living soul or atta to entertain disbelief in the resultant effects of one's own actions, Kamma . Such being the outcome of ...
Sunday, 15 March 2009
... existence through kamma , others are the result of a cause, and others are produced by season. Tell me, is there anything that does not fall into either of these three categories?" "There are two such ...
Sunday, 15 March 2009
... we do with intention is called kamma , which has impetus leading to results (vipāka). When people talk loosely about kamma in the sense of 'fate' they are referring to vipāka, which is the result of kamma , ...
Sunday, 15 March 2009
BY BHIKKHU PESALA Differences Caused by Kamma The law of kamma is central to Buddhist thinking, so every Buddhist should have a sound knowledge of it. On the surface it seems simple — good actions ...
Sunday, 15 March 2009
... Path. The wrong view stated in brief here is the view that denies the work of kamma , such as action won't produce result. This is the kind of view one should abstain from and avoid. "And what is right ...
Sunday, 15 March 2009
... law which indicates a continuation of the life-process. It is a continuation by way of cause and effect, the cause being (Kamma ) or volitional actions, and the effect (vipaka) or the pleasant, unpleasant ...
Sunday, 15 March 2009
In Buddhism we talk about kamma , and without kamma nothing is possible. Kamma is intention; so if the chanter's every intention is pure and good, many wholesome kamma will accumulate. However, one must ...
Sunday, 15 March 2009
... after expiring from there, one reappears in the Kamma existences and goes through the sufferings again. It is not the doctrine of the undying that I am looking for."
Thus becoming indifferent to the ...
Saturday, 14 March 2009