Kaṁsutta

Suttapiṭaka · Aṅguttaranikāya · Dasakanipāta · Ekādasakanipāta · Vol. 24 · Section 195

[195] Bhikkhus, I do not declare the termination of intentional kammas (sañcetanika kamma) that have been done and accumulated without [their results] having been experienced; and that [experiencing may take place] in this very life, or in the [next] rebirth, or on some subsequent occasion. Nor indeed, bhikkhus, do I declare the making of an end of suffering (dukkha) so long as intentional kammas that have been done and accumulated have not been experienced. Herein, bhikkhus, the threefold corruption and failure (sandosa-byāpatti) of bodily action, having unwholesome intention, has suffering as its outcome and suffering as its result (vipāka); the fourfold corruption and failure of verbal action, having unwholesome intention, has suffering as its outcome and suffering as its result; the threefold corruption and failure of mental action, having unwholesome intention, has suffering as its outcome and suffering as its result. And how, bhikkhus, does the threefold corruption and failure of bodily action, having unwholesome intention, have suffering as its outcome and suffering as its result? … It is in this way, bhikkhus, that the threefold corruption and failure of bodily action, having unwholesome intention, has suffering as its outcome and suffering as its result. And how, bhikkhus, does the fourfold corruption and failure of verbal action, having unwholesome intention, have suffering as its outcome and suffering as its result? … It is in this way, bhikkhus, that the fourfold corruption and failure of verbal action, having unwholesome intention, has suffering as its outcome and suffering as its result. And how, bhikkhus, does the threefold corruption and failure of mental action, having unwholesome intention, have suffering as its outcome and suffering as its result? … It is in this way, bhikkhus, that the threefold corruption and failure of mental action, having unwholesome intention, has suffering as its outcome and suffering as its result. By reason of the threefold corruption and failure of bodily action having unwholesome intention, bhikkhus, beings, with the breakup of the body, after death, are reborn in the plane of misery, the bad destination, the lower realm, hell; or by reason of the fourfold corruption and failure of verbal action having unwholesome intention … ; or by reason of the threefold corruption and failure of mental action having unwholesome intention, bhikkhus, beings, with the breakup of the body, after death, are reborn in the plane of misery, the bad destination, the lower realm, hell. Bhikkhus, I do not declare the termination of intentional kammas that have been done and accumulated without [their results] having been experienced; and that [experiencing may take place] in this very life, or in the [next] rebirth, or on some subsequent occasion. Nor indeed, bhikkhus, do I declare the making of an end of suffering so long as intentional kammas that have been done and accumulated have not been experienced. Herein, bhikkhus, the threefold success (sampatti) of bodily action, having wholesome intention, has happiness as its outcome and happiness as its result; the fourfold success of verbal action, having wholesome intention, has happiness as its outcome and happiness as its result; the threefold success of mental action, having wholesome intention, has happiness as its outcome and happiness as its result. And how, bhikkhus, does the threefold success of bodily action, having wholesome intention, have happiness as its outcome and happiness as its result? … It is in this way, bhikkhus, that the threefold success of bodily action, having wholesome intention, has happiness as its outcome and happiness as its result. And how, bhikkhus, does the fourfold success of verbal action, having wholesome intention, have happiness as its outcome and happiness as its result? … It is in this way, bhikkhus, that the fourfold success of verbal action [having wholesome intention, has happiness as its outcome and happiness as its result]. And how, bhikkhus, does the threefold success of mental action, having wholesome intention, have happiness as its outcome and happiness as its result? … It is in this way, bhikkhus, that the threefold success of mental action, having wholesome intention, has happiness as its outcome and happiness as its result. By reason of the threefold success of bodily action having wholesome intention, bhikkhus, beings, with the breakup of the body, after death, are reborn in a good destination, a heavenly world; or by reason of the fourfold success of verbal action having wholesome intention … ; or by reason of the threefold success of mental action having wholesome intention, bhikkhus, beings, with the breakup of the body, after death, are reborn in a good destination, a heavenly world.

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.