[88] The Blessed One said this: "Puṇṇa, these four kinds of action (kamma) have been proclaimed by me after realizing them for myself with direct knowledge (abhiññā). What four? There is, Puṇṇa, dark action with dark result (vipāka); there is, Puṇṇa, bright action with bright result; there is, Puṇṇa, action both dark and bright with result both dark and bright; there is, Puṇṇa, action neither dark nor bright, with result neither dark nor bright, that leads to the destruction of action.
"And what, Puṇṇa, is dark action with dark result? Here, Puṇṇa, a certain person generates an afflictive bodily formation, generates an afflictive verbal formation, generates an afflictive mental formation. Having generated an afflictive bodily formation, having generated an afflictive verbal formation, having generated an afflictive mental formation, he reappears in an afflictive world. When he has reappeared in an afflictive world, afflictive contacts (phassa) touch him. Being touched by afflictive contacts, he feels an afflictive feeling (vedanā), exclusively painful, as in the case of beings in hell. Thus, Puṇṇa, a being's rebirth is due to a being: one reappears through what one does, and when one has reappeared, contacts touch one. Thus, Puṇṇa, I say: beings are heirs of their actions. This, Puṇṇa, is called dark action with dark result.
"And what, Puṇṇa, is bright action with bright result? Here, Puṇṇa, a certain person generates a non-afflictive bodily formation, generates a non-afflictive verbal formation, generates a non-afflictive mental formation. Having generated a non-afflictive bodily formation, having generated a non-afflictive verbal formation, having generated a non-afflictive mental formation, he reappears in a non-afflictive world. When he has reappeared in a non-afflictive world, non-afflictive contacts touch him. Being touched by non-afflictive contacts, he feels a non-afflictive feeling, exclusively pleasant, as in the case of the Subhakiṇhā devas. Thus, Puṇṇa, a being's rebirth is due to a being: one reappears through what one does, and when one has reappeared, contacts touch one. Thus, Puṇṇa, I say: beings are heirs of their actions. This, Puṇṇa, is called bright action with bright result.
"And what, Puṇṇa, is action both dark and bright with result both dark and bright? Here, Puṇṇa, a certain person generates a bodily formation both afflictive and non-afflictive, generates a verbal formation both afflictive and non-afflictive, generates a mental formation both afflictive and non-afflictive. Having generated a bodily formation both afflictive and non-afflictive, having generated a verbal formation both afflictive and non-afflictive, having generated a mental formation both afflictive and non-afflictive, he reappears in a world both afflictive and non-afflictive. When he has reappeared in a world both afflictive and non-afflictive, contacts both afflictive and non-afflictive touch him. Being touched by contacts both afflictive and non-afflictive, he feels a feeling both afflictive and non-afflictive, a mingling of pleasure and pain, as in the case of human beings, some devas, and some beings in the states of deprivation (vinipātikā). Thus, Puṇṇa, a being's rebirth is due to a being: one reappears through what one does, and when one has reappeared, contacts touch one. Thus, Puṇṇa, I say: beings are heirs of their actions. This, Puṇṇa, is called action both dark and bright with result both dark and bright.
"And what, Puṇṇa, is action neither dark nor bright, with result neither dark nor bright, that leads to the destruction of action? Therein, Puṇṇa, the volition (cetanā) for the abandoning of that action which is dark with dark result, the volition for the abandoning of that action which is bright with bright result, and the volition for the abandoning of that action which is both dark and bright with result both dark and bright — this, Puṇṇa, is called action neither dark nor bright, with result neither dark nor bright, that leads to the destruction of action. These, Puṇṇa, are the four kinds of action proclaimed by me after realizing them for myself with direct knowledge."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.