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The Discourse in Detail
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"Monks, there are these four actions that I have realised by direct knowledge myself and proclaimed.
What are the four?
There is, monks, action that is dark with dark result;
there is, monks, action that is bright with bright result;
there is, monks, action that is dark and bright with dark and bright result;
there is, monks, action that is neither dark nor bright with neither dark nor bright result, which leads to the elimination of action.
"And what, monks, is action that is dark with dark result? Here, monks, a certain one generates afflictive bodily activity, generates afflictive verbal activity, generates afflictive mental activity. He, having generated afflictive bodily activity, having generated afflictive verbal activity, having generated afflictive mental activity, is reborn in an afflictive world. When he has been reborn in an afflictive world, afflictive contacts touch him. He, being touched by afflictive contacts, feels afflictive feeling, exclusively painful, just as beings in hell. This is called, monks, action that is dark with dark result.
"And what, monks, is action that is bright with bright result? Here, monks, a certain one generates non-afflictive bodily activity, generates non-afflictive verbal activity, generates non-afflictive mental activity. He, having generated non-afflictive bodily activity, having generated non-afflictive verbal activity, having generated non-afflictive mental activity, is reborn in a non-afflictive world. When he has been reborn in a non-afflictive world, non-afflictive contacts touch him. He, being touched by non-afflictive contacts, feels non-afflictive feeling, exclusively pleasant, just as the gods of streaming radiance. This is called, monks, action that is bright with bright result.
"And what, monks, is action that is dark and bright with dark and bright result? Here, monks, a certain one generates bodily activity that is both afflictive and non-afflictive, generates verbal activity that is both afflictive and non-afflictive, generates mental activity that is both afflictive and non-afflictive. He, having generated bodily activity that is both afflictive and non-afflictive, having generated verbal activity that is both afflictive and non-afflictive, having generated mental activity that is both afflictive and non-afflictive, is reborn in a world that is both afflictive and non-afflictive. When he has been reborn in a world that is both afflictive and non-afflictive, contacts that are both afflictive and non-afflictive touch him. He, being touched by contacts that are both afflictive and non-afflictive, feels feeling that is both afflictive and non-afflictive, mingled pleasure and pain, just as human beings, some gods, and some beings in states of misfortune. This is called, monks, action that is dark and bright with dark and bright result.
"And what, monks, is action that is neither dark nor bright with neither dark nor bright result, which leads to the elimination of action? Therein, monks, whatever volition there is for the abandoning of this action that is dark with dark result, whatever volition there is for the abandoning of this action that is bright with bright result, whatever volition there is for the abandoning of this action that is dark and bright with dark and bright result - this is called, monks, action that is neither dark nor bright with neither dark nor bright result, which leads to the elimination of action. These, monks, are the four actions that I have realised by direct knowledge myself and proclaimed." The second.