…spite of the ukkhepanīyakamma the Chabbaggiyā (group of six) monks kept company with Ariṭṭha, thereby committing a pācittiya-offence….

…similes, that only a man’s kamma can determine where he will be reborn. On another occasion, the Buddha tells him, in answer to a question, that…

…carry out the Pabbājanīyakamma (Act of Banishment) against them. The deputation of the Saṅgha went to Kīṭāgiri and made an order that the…

Bhāradvāja¹

A monk whose Theragāthā verses speak of the heroic roar of the conquerors. Thag.177–178

Bhāradvāja²

He was the eldest of a clan of Bhāradvājas living in Rājagaha a …

…that the ukkhepaniya-kamma be carried out against him, forbidding him to eat or dwell with the Saṅgha. He therefore changed his…

…palace built by Vissakamma for Mahāsudassana, by order of Sakka. DN.ii.180ff.

5buildingDhamma²

The lake in front of the…

…then because of her past kamma, her husband became estranged from her, and turned her out of the house. She was married again with the same…

A monk whose Theragāthā verses speak of kamma. Thag.143–144

KammāsadhammaKammāsadammaKammasadammaKammasadhamma

A township of the Kurūs. The Buddha, during the course of his wanderings, stayed there several…

A country, one of the sixteen Great Nations.DN.ii.200 AN.i.213 During the Buddha’s time the chieftain of Kuru was called Koravya, and his discussion with the Elder Raṭṭhapāla, who was himself the scio …

…Naḷakalāpiya Sutta on kamma, SN.ii.112f. the Sīla Sutta on religious discipline, SN.iii.165ff. three suttas on the nature of arising,…

…marks are brought about by kamma.

Apart from these legendary beliefs, the Buddha had his own theory of the attributes of a Mahāpurisa as…

…and also from one’s kamma—and to say that these are all predestined is to go too far. Sīvaka expresses his approval and declares himself…

Māgaṇḍiya¹

The Sutta Nipāta contains a dialogue between Māgaṇḍiya and the Buddha. Snp.1011–1023 The Buddha starts with an emphatic rejection of an offer of a sexual nature, which sparks a …

…did not employ the term kamma in his teaching; he used, instead, the word daṇḍa; and that, according to him, the daṇḍa of deed was far…

…he blamed Samiddhi for his hasty reply.

For details see Mahākammavibhaṅga Sutta. MN.iii.207ff.

…the efficacy of kamma—which teaching, in the Sāmmaññaphala Sutta, DN.i.53 AN.iii.383 is attributed to Makkhali Gosāla.

His gotta…

…to the preaching of the Mahākammavibhaṅga Sutta. MN.iii.207 In the sutta the Buddha speaks of Samiddhi as a foolish man, and Samiddhi is also…

A monk whose Theragāthā verse speaks of experiencing the suffering caused by kamma in the past. Thag.81

…found guilty of various Vinaya offences, and was therefore subjected to the Nissayakamma. Udāyī (Lāludāyi) was his friend and his evil genius….

Subhā¹

A group of Brahmās; the group includes the Parittasubhā, the Appamāṇasubhā and the Subhakiṇhā. MN.iii.102

Subhā²Kammāradhītā

The daughter of a rich goldsmith of Rājagah …

…pass the paṭisāraṇīyakamma on him. Sudhamma, thereupon, went to Macchikāsaṇḍa to ask pardon of Citta, but Citta would not forgive him….

…paccupatthānam añjalikammam sāmīcikammam); cf. Sn.vs 422, where the Buddha describes his country as being ‘Kosalesu niketino.’

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…requested the monks to carry out the tassa-pāpiyyasikā-kamma against him. Vin.ii.85f.

…on him the Patisārattiyakamma (craving of pardon from lay folk). This necessitated that Yasa should be sent among the laymen, accompanied by a…

…had preached a doctrine of kamma and the after-consequences of actions. Elsewhere MN.i.524 they are spoken of as children of a childless mother….