Whatever bad deed done with this deed-born body is all to be experienced here
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In the context of the sutta below, what does the following phrase mean? - "**whatever bad deed I did here in the past with this deed-born body is all to be experienced here. It will not follow along**" (*yaṃ kho me idaṃ kiñci pubbe iminā karajakāyena pāpakammaṃ kataṃ, sabbaṃ taṃ idha vedanīyaṃ; na taṃ anugaṃ bhavissatī’ti*)
This phrase seems to apply to one who practises the Brahmaviharas .
How is it different for one who does not practise the Brahmaviharas (or the Dhamma in general, for that matter)?
What does deed-born body (*karajakāya*) really mean?
Also related is the phrase "**A woman or a man cannot take this body with them when they go. Mortals have mind as their core.**" (*Itthiyā vā, bhikkhave, purisassa vā nāyaṃ kāyo ādāya gamanīyo. Cittantaro ayaṃ, bhikkhave, macco.*). What does this mean?
From AN 10.219 :
> “What do you think, bhikkhus, if a youth were to develop the
> liberation of mind by loving-kindness (and also, compassion,
> altruistic joy and equanimity) from his childhood on, would he do a
> bad deed?”
>
> “No, Bhante.”
>
> “Could suffering affect him if he does no bad deed?” “No, Bhante. For
> on what account could suffering affect one who does no bad deed?”
>
> **“A woman or a man should develop this liberation of mind by
> loving-kindness (and also, compassion, altruistic joy and equanimity).
> A woman or a man cannot take this body with them when they go. Mortals
> have mind as their core.**
>
> “The noble disciple understands: **‘Whatever bad deed I did here in the
> past with this deed-born body is all to be experienced here. It will
> not follow along.’** When the liberation of mind by loving-kindness (and
> also, compassion, altruistic joy and equanimity) has been developed in
> this way, it leads to non-returning for a wise bhikkhu here who does
> not penetrate to a further liberation.
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Apr 3, 2019, 04:44 PM
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