Saṁkhittasutta

Aṅguttara Nikāya 4.232

Numbered Discourses 4.232

24. Kammavagga

24. Deeds

Saṅkhittasutta

Deeds In Brief

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

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

Katamāni cattāri?

What four?

Atthi, bhikkhave, kammaṁ kaṇhaṁ kaṇhavipākaṁ;

There are dark deeds with dark results.

atthi, bhikkhave, kammaṁ sukkaṁ sukkavipākaṁ;

There are bright deeds with bright results.

atthi, bhikkhave, kammaṁ kaṇhasukkaṁ kaṇhasukkavipākaṁ;

There are dark and bright deeds with dark and bright results.

atthi, bhikkhave, kammaṁ akaṇhaasukkaṁ akaṇhaasukkavipākaṁ kammakkhayāya saṁvattati.

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

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

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

Paṭhamaṁ.