Integration of Belief in Kamma and Result of Kamma in Theravada Buddhist Philosophy with Mahakammavibhanga Sutta

Abstract

The article is the part of dissertation of Integration of Belief in Karma and Result of Karma in Theravada Buddhist Philosophy with Mahakammavibhanga Sutta. The objective is to study the Karma and the result of karma in Buddhist Philosophy, the Principles of Karma in Mahakammavibhanga Sutta and the Integration of Belief in Karma and Result of Karma in Theravada Buddhist Philosophy with Mahakammavibhanga Sutta. The research is the documentary research and interview in-dept in order to propose certain model and create new knowledge on Integration of Belief in Karma and Result of Karma in Theravada Buddhist Philosophy with Mahakammavibhanga Sutta. The result of this research shows that the Karma has its own duty, order and session in giving the obvious result to the ones bad and good deeds. The principle Karma in Mahakammavibhanga Sutta is classified into 4 kinds referring to the 4 kinds of person. 1) one who commit a sin, later will reborn in realm of woe and hell. 2) one who commit sin will reborn in blissful state of existence and heaven. 3) one who do good will later will reborn in blissful state of existence and heaven. 4) one who do good will reborn in realm of woe and hell. For the belief in karma and the result of karma in Theravada Buddhist philosophy that integrate with Mahakammavibhanga Sutta shows that 1) the one who committed sins later will reborn in realm of woe and hell because the person has done sins continuously since past to present life. 2) One who commit sin will reborn in blissful state of existence and heaven because the person has done more wholesome continuously in the past. The good deeds are still more effective than the sins the person had done. 3) One who do good will later will reborn in blissful state of existence and heaven because the person has done wholesome continuously from the past to present life. 4) One who do good will reborn in realm of woe and hell because the person has done more sins continuously in the past life that the sins are still affecting him accordingly. For the new knowledge, the study indicate that the Karma has its own duty and session in giving the obvious result to the one who do unwholesome or wholesome definitely. The integration with Mahakammavibhanga Sutta is to present states or planes of existence where ones will inevitably reap the fruits of their wholesome and unwholesome actions. The model from the study can be summed up with “BUM Model”. B refers to belief in Karma and its result, U is used for understanding of Karma and the result of Karma, and M is for meritorious action.