What Is Kamma

Kamma is usually an interesting subject because it concerns everyone and there are many different aspects of it. There are many natural laws that govern our lives but the most important is the law of kamma-vipaka. In a discourse A.N. 6.63 the Buddha said Intention, monks, is Kamma I say. Having willed, one acts through body, speech and mind. This means that intentional action is kamma, and vipaka is the result or effects of it. The result may ripen immediately, later in this life or in a future...

ourselves

Published by Inward Path Penang Malaysia Sabba danam dhammadanam jinati The gift of Dhamma surpasses all gifts Only We Can Help Ourselves based on a talk This essay is based on a talk The Working of Kamma by the author at the Kuching Buddhist Society, Sarawak in December, 1997 and was published by the Buddhist Gem Fellowship in their book K. Sri Dhammananda Felicitation in 1999. It is reproduced here with some minor amendments. An Inward Journey Book Published by Inward Path PO. Box 1034, 10830...