THE KAMMA AND RESULT OF KAMMA IN VITTHĀRASUTTA

Abstract

The purpose of this academic article was to study the karma and result of kamma in Vitthārasutta. Results of the study found that karma is an action that consists of intention. The importance of karma has 4 types that the Lord Buddha classified karma in Vitthārasutta, which shows the relationship with the results of karma: 1) Black karma is bad karma, bad behavior, violating the precepts, consisting of greed, anger, delusion. Those who do black karma will receive bad results. 2) White karma is good karma, which is good behavior, such as keeping the precepts, not causing harm. Those who do white karma lead to happiness. When they die, they will go to a good place. 3) Both black and white karma is those who practice both good and bad mixed together. 4) Neither black nor white karma is karma that leads to the end of karma. It is noble karma, the highest goal of Buddhism. Those who study and want to be free from suffering should avoid black karma, do white karma, and abandon karma that arises from greed, anger, delusion, which are the foundations of practicing the five Precepts, leading to the practice called neither black nor white karma. It is a guideline to practice for the end of suffering, for the end of karma by practicing the Noble Eightfold Path.