Beauty, wealth and power as karmic fruits by Piya Tan 140525
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(Kamma) Mallika Sutta / The
(Kamma) Mallika Sutta / The Discourse to Mallika (on Karma) [A 4.197, SD 39.10] Download sutta from: dharmafarer.org
The (Kamma) Mallikā Sutta (A 4.197) is a straightforward account of queen Mallikā's visit to the Buddha and questioning him on karma [§1.2] that would often be on the mind of many people, that is, why we "are inferior and superior, beautiful and ugly, fortunate and unfortunate, (reborn) in the heavens, in the suffering states"—we are faring in accordance with their our karma.
This opening is close to that of the Cūḷa Kamma Vibhaṅga Sutta (M 135.3), but which deals with karma in greater detail. Only those passages of the (Kamma) Mallikā Sutta dealing with anger and irritability [§§2.1, 3.1] and lack of them [§§4.1, 5.1], jealousy [§2.3, 4, 5.3] and lack of it [§3.3, 5.3], generosity [§§2.2, 3.2, 5.2] and lack of it [§§3.2, 4.2], have close parallels there.
The (Kamma) Mallikā Sutta deals only with beauty, influence and wealth. The theme of the Buddha's teaching to Mallikā is that we are rooted in our past conduct [§§2-6].
If we had been habitually angry and easily angered, then we are likely to be reborn ugly in some form. If we had been habitually jealous of others, we are likely to not to be influential. If we have been regularly selfish and ungenerous, we are likely to be reborn poor.
On the other hand, if we were not easily angered, then we are likely to be reborn beautiful. If we had not been habitually jealous, we are likely to be reborn with great influence. If we have been regularly generous to others, we are likely to attain great wealth when reborn.
When the Buddha finishes his instruction, Mallikā thus declares how she must have fared karma-wise in her past lives [§§7-14]. She then declares how she would conduct herself thence-forth [§19].
The (Kamma) Mallikā Sutta (A 4.197) is a straightforward account of queen Mallikā's visit to the Buddha and questioning him on karma [§1.2] that would often be on the mind of many people, that is, why we "are inferior and superior, beautiful and ugly, fortunate and unfortunate, (reborn) in the heavens, in the suffering states"—we are faring in accordance with their our karma.
This opening is close to that of the Cūḷa Kamma Vibhaṅga Sutta (M 135.3), but which deals with karma in greater detail. Only those passages of the (Kamma) Mallikā Sutta dealing with anger and irritability [§§2.1, 3.1] and lack of them [§§4.1, 5.1], jealousy [§2.3, 4, 5.3] and lack of it [§3.3, 5.3], generosity [§§2.2, 3.2, 5.2] and lack of it [§§3.2, 4.2], have close parallels there.
The (Kamma) Mallikā Sutta deals only with beauty, influence and wealth. The theme of the Buddha's teaching to Mallikā is that we are rooted in our past conduct [§§2-6].
If we had been habitually angry and easily angered, then we are likely to be reborn ugly in some form. If we had been habitually jealous of others, we are likely to not to be influential. If we have been regularly selfish and ungenerous, we are likely to be reborn poor.
On the other hand, if we were not easily angered, then we are likely to be reborn beautiful. If we had not been habitually jealous, we are likely to be reborn with great influence. If we have been regularly generous to others, we are likely to attain great wealth when reborn.
When the Buddha finishes his instruction, Mallikā thus declares how she must have fared karma-wise in her past lives [§§7-14]. She then declares how she would conduct herself thence-forth [§19].
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