AN 4 The Book of the Fours – Catukkanipāta > AN 4.235 Training Rules (1st)

Numbered Discourses 4.235 – Aṅguttara Nikāya 4.235

24. Deeds – 24. Kammavagga

AN 4.235 Training Rules (1st) – Paṭhamasikkhāpadasutta

1.1

“Bhikkhū, I declare these four kinds of deeds, having realized them with my own insight.

“Cattārimāni, bhikkhave, kammāni mayā sayaṁ abhiññā sacchikatvā paveditāni.

1.2

What four?

Katamāni cattāri?

1.3

There are dark deeds with dark results;

Atthi, bhikkhave, kammaṁ kaṇhaṁ kaṇhavipākaṁ;

1.4

bright deeds with bright results;

atthi, bhikkhave, kammaṁ sukkaṁ sukkavipākaṁ;

1.5

dark and bright deeds with dark and bright results; and

atthi, bhikkhave, kammaṁ kaṇhasukkaṁ kaṇhasukkavipākaṁ;

1.6

neither dark nor bright deeds with neither dark nor bright results, which lead to the ending of deeds.

atthi, bhikkhave, kammaṁ akaṇhaasukkaṁ akaṇhaasukkavipākaṁ kammakkhayāya saṁvattati.

1.7

And what are the dark deeds with dark results?

Katamañca, bhikkhave, kammaṁ kaṇhaṁ kaṇhavipākaṁ?

1.8

It’s when someone kills living creatures, steals, commits sexual misconduct, lies, and uses alcoholic drinks that cause negligence.

Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco pāṇātipātī hoti, adinnādāyī hoti, kāmesumicchācārī hoti, musāvādī hoti, surāmerayamajjapamādaṭṭhāyī hoti.

1.9

These are called dark deeds with dark results.

Idaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, kammaṁ kaṇhaṁ kaṇhavipākaṁ.

2.1

And what are bright deeds with bright results?

Katamañca, bhikkhave, kammaṁ sukkaṁ sukkavipākaṁ?

2.2

It’s when someone doesn’t kill living creatures, steal, commit sexual misconduct, lie, or use alcoholic drinks that cause negligence.

Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco pāṇātipātā paṭivirato hoti, adinnādānā paṭivirato hoti, kāmesumicchācārā paṭivirato hoti, musāvādā paṭivirato hoti, surāmerayamajjapamādaṭṭhānā paṭivirato hoti.

2.3

These are called bright deeds with bright results.

Idaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, kammaṁ sukkaṁ sukkavipākaṁ.

3.1

And what are dark and bright deeds with dark and bright results?

Katamañca, bhikkhave, kammaṁ kaṇhasukkaṁ kaṇhasukkavipākaṁ?

3.2

It’s when someone makes both hurtful and pleasing saṅkhāra by way of body, speech, and mind. These are called dark and bright deeds with dark and bright results.

Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco sabyābajjhampi abyābajjhampi kāyasaṅkhāraṁ abhisaṅkharoti …pe… idaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, kammaṁ kaṇhasukkaṁ kaṇhasukkavipākaṁ.

4.1

And what are neither dark nor bright deeds with neither dark nor bright results, which lead to the ending of deeds?

Katamañca, bhikkhave, kammaṁ akaṇhaasukkaṁ akaṇhaasukkavipākaṁ kammakkhayāya saṁvattati?

4.2

It’s the intention to give up dark deeds with dark results, bright deeds with bright results, and both dark and bright deeds with both dark and bright results. These are called neither dark nor bright deeds with neither dark nor bright results, which lead to the ending of deeds.

Tatra, bhikkhave, yamidaṁ kammaṁ kaṇhaṁ kaṇhavipākaṁ …pe… idaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, kammaṁ akaṇhaasukkaṁ akaṇhaasukkavipākaṁ kammakkhayāya saṁvattati.

4.3

These are the four kinds of deeds that I declare, having realized them with my own insight.”

Imāni kho, bhikkhave, cattāri kammāni mayā sayaṁ abhiññā sacchikatvā paveditānī”ti.

4.4

Catutthaṁ.