Friends:
Doing Much Good & little evil creates Human Being Rebirth!
Whether deva, asura or human beings, one is short-lived because of
killing
done in the past or long-lived because of avoidance of all killing
in the past!
Leprosy, wasting, fever, madness & other diseases of human beings
exist
today because of past human evil of killing, harming & chaining
creatures...
Whoever is a thief of others goods & gives nothing whatsoever,
will never
acquire wealth, however much he works... Whoever takes wealth not
given
yet gives gifts is reborn after death first wealthy, but then
later poor...
Any one who is neither a thief, nor a giver, nor an exceeding
miser surely
obtains lasting wealth, though only with great difficulty... That
man who
is never a thief of others goods, generous & free from avarice,
easily &
swiftly obtains many rich possessions, which cannot be stolen...
Whoever
gives food is always reborn in comfort, given long life, beauty &
strength,
is wise & avoids disease... Whoever would offer clothes is reborn
modest,
beautiful, splendid, liked by all & receives many garments &
ornaments...
Whoever gives houses here with joyful heart, for that good being
there
will arise future deva palaces rich in all possible pleasures of
the senses...
Whatsoever men offer bridges, sandals and so on are always
comfortable
in the next life & they obtain the best of vehicles & means of
transport...
Those who build freshwater wells, tanks, ponds are reborn
comfortable,
free from heat, sweat and thirst... Whoever offers a garden, the
refuge
for all beings, will be reborn worshipped with flowers, rich &
glorious...
Erudition is obtained by giving knowledge, & wisdom by giving
analysis...
By giving medicine & safety, one is reborn free from illness &
danger...
By giving lamps one becomes clear-sighted, by giving musical
sounds one
becomes sweet-voiced, and by giving bed & seat one wins future
ease...
Whoever here on earth gives milk, nutriments, vegetables & fine
edibles
strengthening the body, becomes strong, beautiful, wealthy & very
old...
By giving a maiden one obtains sensual pleasures and a future
retinue...
By giving land one is reborn as prosperous and rich in money and
grain...
Whichever return is desired whether flowers, money, or beauty,
then
that itself should be given to whoever wants it... Then one will
get it!!!
Whoever gives only for the egoistic purpose of later gain spoils
his gift,
One who gives for the sake of heaven, out of fear, for fame or for
own
comfort, or with half-hearted unhappy motivation reaps spoiled
fruit...
Whoever gives something for the joy of others, warm, full of
sympathy,
happy, altruistic, generous, not only for own good, reaps
unspoiled fruit...
Anything whatsoever that is given to another at the proper time in
the
proper way returns many-fold in many future lives in just the same
way...
Not oppressing others, giving at the right time what is needed &
desired,
without spoiling the fruit by regretting, one can adorn oneself
with the
future effects of such Noble giving, in fine harmony with the
Dhamma...
Since there verily is winning of future fruit from gifts being
well given,
giving, and generosity becomes the most important and proximate
cause
of all luxury that results from action. Giving causes richness as
Effect!
Whoever keeps away from anothers wife, will obtain a beautiful
wife!
Whoever with own wife avoids the wrong place & time becomes a man!
But that man who does not stop his horny thoughts of others wives
and
who commits adultery becomes a homosexual if light, or woman if
grave!
That woman who disgusts being female, is pure in moral, with
little lust,
and always longs for manhood, will attain future manhood
accordingly...
Whoever rightly enters upon a reclusive Noble life, all correct &
pure,
becomes splendid, very blessed, wealthy & adored even by the devas...
Avoiding drinking, drugs & inebriation one is reborn with clear
memory,
neither bewildered nor confused! A truthful person is reborn
glorious,
provided with great security & ensured... Whoever causes no
division,
even between those already split, is reborn strong-minded with
faithful
followers... Whoever always carries out the Teachers bidding in a
joyful
mind and who teaches what is advantageous & also what is
detrimental,
becomes one whose words are welcome... One will be downed &
humbled
by disrespecting others, but elevated & famed through respecting
those
who are worthy of respect. Those who enjoy contempt for others,
are
treacherous and untruthful, & take great pride in their beauty
become
hunchbacks and dwarves. Envying other's skills, one will become
stupid...
Unpleasant & rude to the pleasant & polite, one becomes dumb &
ugly...
Whoever is angry at friendly words is reborn deaf, mute &
bewildered...
Generalizing: Having given good, one gets pleasure. Having given
evil bad,
one gets suffering... Suffering is the result & fruit of own bad
behaviour,
while comfort, pleasure & ease is the resulted fruit of admirable
action!
Most common is a mixture of pleasure & pain as the resulted effect
of a
mixture of own past both good and bad mental, verbal & bodily
action...
Know that every event match & accord with the actions that caused
it!!!
All being & becoming is thus a complexity of cause & effect
playing out...
Action and Reaction! Cause and Effect! Kamma and Fruit! Determines
all!
Source (edited extract):
Pańcagatidipani by Ashvaghosa & Saddhammaghosa: 11-12th century
AC.
Tr. by Ann A. Hazlewood. Journal of the Pali Text Society. Vol. XI
1987:
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