"We say ‘fruition by means’. In autumn, the people of the secular (world) harvest cereals and say to one another that they are gaining the fruition of the means which they have put into effect. The fruition of the means is called fruition of karmic actions. Such fruition has two causes, namely: 1) near cause [direct], and 2) far out cause [indirect]. The near cause is the so-called 'seed', the far out cause is water, dung, human being, and efforts. This is the fruition [which arises] from putting the means into effect.
Read More on the Nirvana Sutra, Chapter 42 - On Bodhisattva Kasyapa 3.
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