The Undefiled Karma

Bodhisattva Kasyapa said to the Buddha: "Oh World Honored One! You said before that the undefiled has no karmic result. Why do you now talk about the non-black-non-white of the karmic result."

The Buddha said: "Oh good man! There are two meanings to this. One is the result and reward put together, and the second is the fruition, but not the reward. The black-black karmic result is the result, and also the reward. When it arises out of a defiled cause (black), it is a 'result'; when it becomes a cause, we say 'reward'. It's the same with the pure (white) and the mixed. The undefiled result comes from a defiled cause. Hence, 'result'. When it does not become the cause of any other thing, we do not say 'reward'."

Read More on the Nirvana Sutra, Chapter 44 - On Bodhisattva Kasyapa 5.

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