{"collection":"Anguttara Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_an3.34/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_an3.34","id":"suttacentral_an3.34","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/an3.34/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Anguttara Nikaya","Early Buddhist Texts"],"text":"\u201cMendicants, there are these three sources that give rise to deeds. What three? Greed, hate, and delusion are sources that give rise to deeds. Any deed that emerges from greed\u2014born, sourced, and originated from greed\u2014ripens where that new incarnation is born. And wherever that deed ripens, its result is experienced\u2014either in the present life, or in the next life, or in some subsequent period. Any deed that emerges from hate\u2014born, sourced, and originated from hate\u2014ripens where that new incarnation is born. And wherever that deed ripens, its result is experienced\u2014either in the present life, or in the next life, or in some subsequent period. Any deed that emerges from delusion\u2014born, sourced, and originated from delusion\u2014ripens where that new incarnation is born. And wherever that deed ripens, its result is experienced\u2014either in the present life, or in the next life, or in some subsequent period. Suppose some seeds were intact, unspoiled, not weather-damaged, fertile, and well-kept. They\u2019re sown in a well-prepared, productive field, and the heavens provide plenty of rain. Then those seeds would grow, increase, and mature. In the same way, any deed that emerges from greed\u2014born, sourced, and originated from greed\u2014ripens where that new incarnation is born. And wherever that deed ripens, its result is experienced\u2014either in the present life, or in the next life, or in some subsequent period. Any deed that emerges from hate \u2026 Any deed that emerges from delusion\u2014born, sourced, and originated from delusion\u2014ripens where that new incarnation is born. And wherever that deed ripens, its result is experienced\u2014either in the present life, or in the next life, or in some subsequent period. These are three sources that give rise to deeds. Mendicants, there are these three sources that give rise to deeds. What three? Contentment, love, and understanding are sources that give rise to deeds. Any deed that emerges from contentment\u2014born, sourced, and originated from contentment\u2014is given up when greed is done away with. It\u2019s cut off at the root, made like a palm stump, obliterated, and unable to arise in the future. Any deed that emerges from love\u2014born, sourced, and originated from love\u2014is abandoned when hate is done away with. It\u2019s cut off at the root, made like a palm stump, obliterated, and unable to arise in the future. Any deed that emerges from understanding\u2014born, sourced, and originated from understanding\u2014is abandoned when delusion is done away with. It\u2019s cut off at the root, made like a palm stump, obliterated, and unable to arise in the future. Suppose some seeds were intact, unspoiled, not damaged by wind and sun, fertile, and well-kept. But someone would burn them with fire, reduce them to ashes, and whisk away the ashes in a strong wind, or glide them down a swift stream. Then those seeds would be cut off at the root, made like a palm stump, obliterated, and unable to arise in the future. In the same way, any deed that emerges from contentment\u2014born, sourced, and originated from contentment\u2014is abandoned when greed is done away with. It\u2019s cut off at the root, made like a palm stump, obliterated, and unable to arise in the future. Any deed that emerges from love \u2026 Any deed that emerges from understanding\u2014born, sourced, and originated from understanding\u2014is abandoned when delusion is done away with. It\u2019s cut off at the root, made like a palm stump, obliterated, and unable to arise in the future. These are three sources that give rise to deeds. When an ignorant person acts out of greed, hate, or delusion, any deeds they have done, a little or a lot, are to be experienced right here, not in any other place. So a wise person, a mendicant arousing knowledge of the outcome of greed, hate, and delusion, would abandon all bad destinies.\u201d","title":"Sources","tradition":"Anguttara Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":625}