8.
The Second Discourse on Intentional Action
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"I do not say, monks, that there is destruction of intentional actions that have been done and accumulated without experiencing them, and that indeed either in this very life, or upon rebirth, or in some other subsequent existence.
But I do not say, monks, there is making an end of suffering without experiencing the result of intentional actions that have been done and accumulated.
"Therein, monks, the threefold failure of bodily action through corruption, with unwholesome intention, has painful consequences and painful results; the fourfold failure of verbal action through corruption, with unwholesome intention, has painful consequences and painful results; the threefold failure of mental action through corruption, with unwholesome intention, has painful consequences and painful results.
"And how, monks, is the threefold failure of bodily action through corruption, with unwholesome intention, with painful consequences and painful results? Etc. Thus, monks, the threefold failure of bodily action through corruption, with unwholesome intention, has painful consequences and painful results.
"And how, monks, is the fourfold failure of verbal action through corruption, with unwholesome intention, with painful consequences and painful results? Etc. Thus, monks, the fourfold failure of verbal action through corruption, with unwholesome intention, has painful consequences and painful results.
"And how, monks, is the threefold failure of mental action through corruption, with unwholesome intention, with painful consequences and painful results? Etc. Thus, monks, the threefold failure of mental action through corruption, with unwholesome intention, has painful consequences and painful results.
"Because of the threefold failure in bodily action through corruption that is unwholesome in intention, monks, beings, upon the body's collapse at death, are reborn in a realm of misery, an unfortunate realm, a nether world, in hell; because of the fourfold verbal action, etc. because of the threefold failure in mental action through corruption that is unwholesome in intention, monks, beings, upon the body's collapse at death, are reborn in a realm of misery, an unfortunate realm, a nether world, in hell.
"I do not say, monks, that there is destruction of intentional actions that have been done and accumulated without experiencing them, and that indeed either in this very life, or upon rebirth, or in some other subsequent existence. But I do not say, monks, there is making an end of suffering without experiencing the result of intentional actions that have been done and accumulated.
"Therein, monks, the threefold success in bodily action is wholesome in intention, with pleasant consequences, with pleasant results; the fourfold success in verbal action is wholesome in intention, with pleasant consequences, with pleasant results; the threefold success in mental action is wholesome in intention, with pleasant consequences, with pleasant results.
"And how, monks, is the threefold success in bodily action wholesome in intention, with pleasant consequences, with pleasant results? Etc. Thus, monks, the threefold success in bodily action is wholesome in intention, with pleasant consequences, with pleasant results.
"And how, monks, is the fourfold success in verbal action wholesome in intention, with pleasant consequences, with pleasant results? Etc. Thus, monks, the fourfold success in verbal action is wholesome in intention, with pleasant consequences, with pleasant results.
"And how, monks, is the threefold success in mental action wholesome in intention, with pleasant consequences, with pleasant results? Etc. Thus, monks, the threefold success in mental action is wholesome in intention, with pleasant consequences, with pleasant results.
"Because of the threefold achievement in bodily action that is intentionally wholesome, monks, beings, upon the body's collapse at death, are reborn in a fortunate realm, in a heavenly world; because of the fourfold success in verbal action, etc. because of the threefold achievement in mental action that is intentionally wholesome, monks, beings, upon the body's collapse at death, are reborn in a fortunate realm, in a heavenly world. Etc. The eighth.