..續本文上一頁xist spontaneously mind-born beings; and there exist in this world recluses and brahmans, living and conducting themselves rightly, who can explain this world and the world beyond, having realized them by their own direct knowledge.”

　　"In this way, success (in living), which is caused by wholesome volition... is threefold in mental acts.

　　"As to that success (in living), which is threefold in bodily acts, fourfold in verbal acts and threefold in mental acts, and having been caused by wholesome volition, produces happiness, results in happiness, it is due to that very success (in living) that beings after death, on the break-up of the body, are reborn to a happy destiny, in a heavenly world.

　　"Just as a perfect throw of dice, when thrown upwards, will come to rest firmly wherever it falls, similarly beings will be reborn to a happy destiny, in a heavenly world, due to success (in living), caused by wholesome volition.

　　"I declare, monks, that actions (kamma) willed, performed and accumulated, will not become extinct as long as their results have not been experienced, be it in this life, in the next life or in future lives. And as long as these results of actions willed, performed and accumulated, have not been experienced, there will be no end to suffering, I declare."

　　— AN 10.206

　　33. THE FOUR BOUNDLESS STATES

　　"I declare, monks, that actions (kamma), willed... (as at the end of the preceding text).

　　"But a noble disciple,[94] free from covetousness, free from aversion,[95] unconfused, clearly comprehending and mindful, dwells with his heart steeped in loving-kindness, pervading one direction, and likewise the second, the third, and the fourth directions, and so above, below and around. He dwells pervading the entire world, everywhere and equally, with his heart steeped in loving-kindness — abundant, grown great, measureless, free from enmity and anxiety.

　　"He now knows: ”Formerly my mind was narrow (in its range),[96] and undeveloped; but now my mind is boundless[97] and well developed. No kamma of a limited (range)[98] will remain in it, will abide in it.”

　　"What do you think, monks: if a young man, from his boyhood onwards, were to develop loving-kindness, the liberation of the heart, would he then do an evil deed

　　" — "He would not, venerable sir."

　　"And not doing any evil deed, will suffering afflict him

　　"[99] — "It will not, venerable sir. How should suffering afflict one who does not do evil deeds

　　"

　　"Verily, monks, that loving-kindness, the liberation of the heart, should be developed by a man or a woman. A man or a woman cannot take their body with them and depart:[100] mortals have consciousness as the connecting link.[101]

　　"But he (the noble disciple) knows: ”Whatever evil deeds I did before with this physical body, their results will be experienced here,[102] and they will not follow me along.”[103]

　　"Loving-kindness, if developed in such a way, will lead to the state of non-returning,[104] in the case of a monk who is established in the wisdom (found) here (in this Teaching),[105] but has not penetrated to a higher liberation.[106]

　　"He dwells with a heart steeped in compassion... sympathetic joy... equanimity..., pervading one direction, and likewise the second, the third, and the fourth direction and so above, below and around. He dwells pervading the entire world, everywhere and equally, with his heart steeped in compassion, sympathetic joy and equanimity — abundant, grown great, measureless, free from enmity and anxiety.

　　"He now knows: ”Formerly my mind was narrow (in its range) and undeveloped; but now my mind is boundless and well developed. No kamma of a limited (range) will remain in it, will abide in it.”

　　"What do you think, monks: if a young man, from his boyhood onwards, were to develop compassion, symp…

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