4.3 THE COMPLEXITY OF KAMMA (YOUTH DHAMMA SESSION)

Welcome back to the Sutta Meditation Series Podcast.

Another session to accompany the third module in the Youth Dhamma Gradual Teachings series looking into Buddha's Gradual Instructions to Lay People on HEAVENLY REALMS (saggakathaṁ)

In this additional session, we go a little deeper into the the Buddha's teachings on kamma to get a better understanding about THE COMPLEXITY OF KAMMA. There are certain aspects about kamma that we won't be able to know, as only a Buddha with special knowledge is capable of knowing. The encouragement is to lean towards the Buddha's teachings on kamma and to continue to train and develop the virtuous path.

In this short session we examine:

• — Buddha's declaration that the result of kamma is an inconceivable matter and the implications of that
• — Buddha's teachings on the result of some specific bad actions (e.g. killing, false speech, taking alcohol, envy and more)
• — the greater exposition on kamma that demonstrates the complexity of kamma
• — the stories of Angulimala and Devadatta (from a kamma perspective) to help us understand kamma in practice

Some of the suttas that are mentioned directly or indirectly in this session:

• — Acinteyya Sutta (AN 4.77)
• — Duccaritavipāka Sutta (AN 8.40)
• — Cūḷakammavibhaṅga Sutta (MN 135)
• — Mahākammavibhaṅga Sutta (MN 136)
• — Aṅgulimālattheravatthu (Dhp 173)
• — Aṅgulimāla Sutta (MN 86)
• — Kusalākusalasamavisamapañha (Mil 5.4.7)

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A VIDEO of this FULL SESSION with presentation slides has been published to the Sutta Meditation Series YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hSmm6NwOQE AND on Spotify as a video podcast

Blessings of the Triple Gem. Theruwan saranai