Sunday, June 30, 2019

STED "I'm the owner of my actions": kamma-s-saka: It's karma, sucka!

Judge Dredd Lawmaster Statue
(AN 10.48)
‘kamma-ssakomhi
'actions; -(I am the) owner (of them),
kamma-dāyādo
actions; -(I am the) heir (to them),
kamma-yoni
actions; -(are the)-womb, [place of birth]
kamma-bandhu
actions; -(are my)-relatives,
kamma-paṭisaraṇo,
actions; -(are my)-shelter.
yaṃ kammaṃ karissāmi
Whatever actions (I) do,
kalyāṇaṃ vā pāpakaṃ vā
good (or) evil **,
tassa dāyādo bhavissāmī’ti
(to) that, heir (to it I) will-become.
pabbajitena abhiṇhaṃ pacc-avekkhitabbaṃ;
[a monk]-gone-forth frequently {should}-reflect-on (this).

All the known suttas where this formula appears:
MN 135
AN 5.57
AN 5.161
AN 10.48
AN 10.216



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