tot we alr stated:-
Beliefs that are contrary to the law of kamma
There are three philosophies which are considered by Buddhism to
be wrong view and which must be carefully distinguished from the
teaching of kamma:
“Bhikkhus, these three sects, on being questioned by the wise,
fall back on tradition and stand fast on inaction. They are:
1. The group of ascetics or Brahmins which teaches and is of the
view that all happiness, suffering and neutral feeling are entirely
a result of kamma done in a previous time.
2. The group of ascetics and Brahmins which teaches and is of
the view that all happiness, suffering and neutral feeling are
entirely a result of the will of a Supreme Being.
3. The group of ascetics and Brahmins which teaches and is of
the view that all happiness, suffering and neutral feeling are
entirely without cause.
“Bhikkhus, of those three groups of ascetics and Brahmins, I
approach the first group and ask, ‘I hear that you uphold this
teaching and view … Is that so?’ If those ascetics and Brahmins, on
being thus questioned by me, answer that it is so, then I say to
them, ‘If that is so, then you have killed living beings as a
result of kamma committed in a previous time, have stolen as a
result of kamma done at a previous time, have engaged in sexual
misconduct … have uttered false speech … have held wrong view as a
result of kamma done in a previous time.’
“Bhikkhus, adhering to previously done kamma as the essence,
there are neither motivation nor effort with what should be done
and what should not be done … Not upholding ardently what should be
done, nor abandoning what should be abandoned, those ascetics and
Brahmins are as if deluded, lacking a control, incapable of having
any true teaching. This is our legitimate refutation of the first
group of ascetics and Brahmins holding these views.
“Bhikkhus, of those three groups of ascetics and Brahmins, I
approach the second group … and say to them, ‘If that is so, then
you have killed living beings because of the directives of a
Supreme Being … stolen the goods of others … engaged in sexual
misconduct … uttered false speech … have held wrong view because of
the directives of a Supreme Being.’
“Bhikkhus, adhering to the will of a Supreme Being as the
essence, there are neither motivation nor effort with what should
be done and what should not be done …
“Bhikkhus, of those groups of ascetics and Brahmins, I approach
the third … and say to them, ‘If that is so, then you have killed
living beings for no reason whatsoever … stolen the goods of others
… engaged in sexual misconduct … uttered false speech … have held
wrong view for no reason whatsoever.’
“Bhikkhus, adhering to accidentalism as being the essence, there
are neither motivation nor effort with what should be done and what
should not be done …”[42]
“Bhikkhus, there are some ascetics and Brahmins who are of this
view, ‘All happiness and suffering are entirely caused by previous
kamma. For this reason, with the exhausting of old kamma through
austerities, there will be no influence exerted by kamma-results.
When there is no more influence of kamma-results, kamma is ended.
With the ending of kamma there is an ending of suffering. With the
ending of suffering there is an ending of feeling. With the ending
of feeling, all suffering is eventually extinguished.’ Bhikkhus,
the Niganthas are of this view.”[43]
“Listen, Sivaka. Some kinds of feeling arise with bile as
condition … with changes in the weather as condition … with
inconstant behavior as condition … with danger from an external
source as condition … with kamma-results as condition. Any ascetic
or Brahmin who is of the view that, ‘All feeling is entirely caused
by previous kamma,’ I say is mistaken.”[44]
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