[427] On one occasion the Blessed One was dwelling at Rājagaha, in the Bamboo Grove, the Squirrels' Feeding Ground (Veḷuvana Kalandakanivāpa). Then the wanderer Moḷiyasivaka approached the Blessed One; having approached, he exchanged greetings with the Blessed One, and when the courteous and memorable talk was concluded, he sat down to one side. Sitting to one side, the wanderer Moḷiyasivaka said this to the Blessed One: "Master Gotama, there are some ascetics and brahmins who hold such a doctrine, such a view: 'Whatever this person experiences — whether pleasant, painful, or neither-painful-nor-pleasant — all that is caused by what was done in the past (pubbekatahetu).' Now what does Master Gotama say about this?"
"Sivaka, some feelings (vedanā) arise here originating from bile. That some feelings arise here originating from bile can be known by oneself, Sivaka; and it is agreed upon as true in the world, Sivaka, that some feelings arise here originating from bile. Therein, Sivaka, those ascetics and brahmins who hold such a doctrine, such a view — 'Whatever this person experiences, whether pleasant, painful, or neither-painful-nor-pleasant, all that is caused by what was done in the past' — they overshoot what is known by oneself, and they overshoot what is agreed upon as true in the world. Therefore I say of those ascetics and brahmins that they are wrong.
"Some feelings originating from phlegm, Sivaka, … originating from wind, Sivaka, … originating from a combination (of these), Sivaka, … born of the change of seasons, Sivaka; born of careless conduct, Sivaka; produced by assault, Sivaka, … some feelings born of the ripening of kamma (kammavipāka), Sivaka, arise here. That some feelings arise here born of the ripening of kamma can be known by oneself, Sivaka; and it is agreed upon as true in the world, Sivaka, that some feelings arise here born of the ripening of kamma. Therein, Sivaka, those ascetics and brahmins who hold such a doctrine, such a view — 'Whatever this person experiences, whether pleasant, painful, or neither-painful-nor-pleasant, all that is caused by what was done in the past' — they overshoot what is known by oneself, and they overshoot what is agreed upon as true in the world. Therefore I say of those ascetics and brahmins that they are wrong."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.