12th Issue (June, 2009)

Roots of Misdeeds or Evil Actions

K.S.Chow

Not instructed in the Dhamma
Devoid of the skill of satipațțhāna
 Dhamma is not well learnt
Poor executive of satipațțhāna
Impingement by the  external sense stimuli
Attachment to the likes or pleasant
Aversion towards the dislikes or unpleasant  

False imagination of the unreal
Proliferation of imagination of imagination
Breeding unwholesome kammas
Rooted  in greed, hatred and delusion
Transgressing the Precepts
Harming oneself and others
Moving from darkness to darkness

 Vicious circle  perpectuates 
An eye for an eye
A tooth for a  tooth
A vengeance for a vengeance
Scourging  one another
Creating the systemic risk
Black kamma breeds black vipāka

Right mindfulness annihilates grasping
Truth discernment  obliterates ego self
False self is dead
True Self is resurrected
Greed, hatred and delusion vanish
Body, speech and mind are purified
Misbehaviours and crimes exist no more