No.263 - “Kamma means actions.”

“Kamma means actions.”

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Question: Can you explain what kamma is?

Than Ajahn: Kamma means actions: it is what you do, what you say, and what you think. These are the 3 actions. These actions can be good or bad. If it’s a good action, it will bring you happiness. If it’s a bad action, it will bring you sadness or bad feelings.

What is considered as good action? It’s when you help other people. When you do things that benefit other people, or make other people happy, you’re doing good kamma. And when you do good kamma, your mind will feel happy. The opposite of doing good kamma is doing the bad kamma, that is when you hurt other people. Because when you hurt other people, you’ll feel bad.

So, these are what kamma is – the good and bad kamma. These kamma will have influence on your mind when you no longer have any physical body, when the mind turns into a spiritual being. This spiritual being can be a good spiritual being or a bad spiritual being, depending on the good or bad kamma that you had done while you were a human being. A good spiritual being is usually called ‘an angel’. A bad spiritual being is usually called ‘the devil’.

Layperson: Thank you, Than Ajahn.

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