{"collection":"Anguttara Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_an4.234/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_an4.234","id":"suttacentral_an4.234","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/an4.234/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Anguttara Nikaya","Early Buddhist Texts"],"text":"Then Sikh\u0101moggall\u0101na the brahmin went up to the Buddha, and exchanged greetings with him. When the greetings and polite conversation were over, Sikh\u0101moggall\u0101na sat down to one side, and said to the Buddha: \u201cWorthy Gotama, a few days ago the student So\u1e47ak\u0101yana came to me and said: \u2018The ascetic Gotama advocates not doing any deeds. So he teaches the annihilation of the world!\u2019 The world exists through deeds, and it remains because deeds are undertaken.\u201d \u201cBrahmin, I can\u2019t recall even seeing the student So\u1e47ak\u0101yana, so how could we possibly have had such a discussion? I declare these four kinds of deeds, having realized them with my own insight. What four? There are dark deeds with dark results; bright deeds with bright results; dark and bright deeds with dark and bright results; and neither dark nor bright deeds with neither dark nor bright results, which lead to the ending of deeds. And what are dark deeds with dark results? It\u2019s when someone makes hurtful choices by way of body, speech, and mind. \u2026 Touched by hurtful contacts, they experience hurtful feelings that are absolutely painful\u2014like the beings in hell. These are called dark deeds with dark results. And what are bright deeds with bright results? It\u2019s when someone makes pleasing choices by way of body, speech, and mind. \u2026 Touched by pleasing contacts, they experience pleasing feelings of absolute happiness\u2014like the gods of universal beauty. These are called bright deeds with bright results. And what are dark and bright deeds with dark and bright results? It\u2019s when someone makes both hurtful and pleasing choices by way of body, speech, and mind. \u2026 Touched by both hurtful and pleasing contacts, they experience both hurtful and pleasing feelings that are a mixture of pleasure and pain\u2014like humans, some gods, and some beings in the underworld. These are called dark and bright deeds with dark and bright results. And what are neither dark nor bright deeds with neither dark nor bright results, which lead to the ending of deeds? It\u2019s the intention to give up dark deeds with dark results, bright deeds with bright results, and both dark and bright deeds with both dark and bright results. These are called neither dark nor bright deeds with neither dark nor bright results, which lead to the ending of deeds. These are the four kinds of deeds that I declare, having realized them with my own insight.\u201d","title":"About So\u1e47ak\u0101yana","tradition":"Anguttara Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":401}