Kamma is anatta?
Kamma is anatta?
Is there a place in the Suttas where the Buddha says, "kamma is anatta"?
Sotthī hontu nirantaraṃ - May you forever be well.
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I don't think this phrase ever occurs in the Suttas, but it may be inferred that kamma is anattā from the fact that:Buckwheat wrote:Is there a place in the Suttas where the Buddha says, "kamma is anatta"?
• The saṅkhāras of saṅkhārakkhandha are defined in the Suttas as the six bodies of cetanā.
• Saṅkhārakkhandha is anattā.
• Kamma is cetanā.
I have to go out now, but I'll try to post the relevant citations later, if someone else doesn't do so in the meantime.
Yena yena hi maññanti,
tato taṃ hoti aññathā.
In whatever way they conceive it,
It turns out otherwise.
(Sn. 588)
tato taṃ hoti aññathā.
In whatever way they conceive it,
It turns out otherwise.
(Sn. 588)
Re: Kamma is anatta?
There are many places in the suttas wherein the Buddha says the five aggregates are anatta.
Mental formations comprise the fourth aggregate.
Intention is one kind of mental formation.
"Intention, I tell you, is kamma. Intending, one does kamma by way of body, speech, & intellect." - AN 6.63
This is one example.
Mental formations comprise the fourth aggregate.
Intention is one kind of mental formation.
"Intention, I tell you, is kamma. Intending, one does kamma by way of body, speech, & intellect." - AN 6.63
This is one example.
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Be heedful and you will accomplish your goal.
Be heedful and you will accomplish your goal.
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Somehow I didn't see Bhante's responses before I posted my own.
Also, I've clearly forgotten lots of Pali in the past few years.
Also, I've clearly forgotten lots of Pali in the past few years.
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Be heedful and you will accomplish your goal.
Be heedful and you will accomplish your goal.
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Re: Kamma is anatta?
Katame ca, bhikkhave, saṅkhārā? Chayime, bhikkhave, cetanākāyā: rūpasañcetanā, saddasañcetanā, gandhasañcetanā, rasasañcetanā, phoṭṭhabbasañcetanā, dhammasañcetanā. Ime vuccanti, bhikkhave, saṅkhārā.Dhammanando wrote: • The saṅkhāras of saṅkhārakkhandha are defined in the Suttas as the six bodies of cetanā.
(Upādānaparipavatta Sutta, SN.iii.60)
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka ... .than.html
Saṅkhārā anattā. Saṅkhārā ca hidaṃ, bhikkhave, attā abhavissaṃsu, nayidaṃ saṅkhārā ābādhāya saṃvatteyyuṃ, labbhetha ca saṅkhāresu: ‘evaṃ me saṅkhārā hontu, evaṃ me saṅkhārā mā ahesun’ ti. Yasmā ca kho, bhikkhave, saṅkhārā anattā, tasmā saṅkhārā ābādhāya saṃvattanti, na ca labbhati saṅkhāresu: ‘evaṃ me saṅkhārā hontu, evaṃ me saṅkhārā mā ahesun’ ti.Dhammanando wrote:• Saṅkhārakkhandha is anattā.
(Anattalakkhaṇa Sutta, SN.iii.67)
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka ... .nymo.html
Cetanā’haṃ, bhikkhave, kammaṃ vadāmi. Cetayitvā kammaṃ karoti: kāyena vācāya manasā.Dhammanando wrote:• Kamma is cetanā.
(Nibbedhika Sutta, AN.iii.415)
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka ... .than.html
Yena yena hi maññanti,
tato taṃ hoti aññathā.
In whatever way they conceive it,
It turns out otherwise.
(Sn. 588)
tato taṃ hoti aññathā.
In whatever way they conceive it,
It turns out otherwise.
(Sn. 588)
Re: Kamma is anatta?
This was a good set of reading for me this morning. Thanks, bhante.
Sotthī hontu nirantaraṃ - May you forever be well.