Song: Kamma Leads the Way, Wisdom Leads Beyond Song: Mindfulness Leads, Wisdom Inspired by The Kamma Vagga in the section not arranged as a Paṇṇāsaka of the Aṅguttara Nikāya
[Verse 1]
Everything we think, everything we do,
Bears the results of the causes we have made.
Body, speech, and mind as well,
All travel onward through the path of kamma.
Dark kamma, born of harm and pain,
Brings suffering around again and again.
White kamma, when the heart is kind,
Brings happiness as its result in time.
[Pre-Chorus]
But the Dhamma does not teach us only
To turn dark kamma into white.
There is a path that reaches deeper still—
To let go of all kamma in our lives.
[Chorus]
Dark kamma, dark result,
White kamma, white result.
Black and white may intertwine,
Joy and sorrow change with kamma's tide.
Neither dark nor white is the way—
It is the path where wisdom shines.
Abandon every cause of kamma,
And rise beyond its binding ties.
[Verse 2]
Do not kill, and do not steal,
Do not engage in sexual misconduct.
Do not lie, nor drink intoxicants;
Learn to restrain the restless heart.
Speak no harsh or hurtful words,
Do not sow division with your speech.
Do not waste your words in empty talk;
Let loving-kindness and Right View lead.
[Chorus]
Dark kamma, dark result,
White kamma, white result.
Black and white may intertwine,
Joy and sorrow change with kamma's tide.
Neither dark nor white is the way—
It is the path where wisdom shines.
Abandon every cause of kamma,
And rise beyond its binding ties.
[Bridge]
Stream-enterer rises beyond the downward way,
Once-returner weakens lust, hatred, and delusion.
Non-returner leaves the five fetters behind,
The Arahant is freed from the taints through wisdom.
Keep the company of the wise, and virtue grows,
Concentration deepens, and wisdom becomes bright.
Liberation is the final destination,
When the heart walks rightly in the Dhamma.
[Outro]
Kamma rests upon intention,
Wisdom leads us to see the truth.
When we understand the cause of everything,
The mind no longer runs behind kamma.
Do good to purify the heart,
Use wisdom to move beyond.
From kamma to freedom from kamma,
From darkness into the radiant light of Dhamma.
The Four Kinds of Kamma: The Law of Action and Its Consequences
The Buddha explains four kinds of kamma—dark, bright, both dark and bright, and neither dark nor bright—and reveals a path leading toward the ending of kamma.
The teachings in the Kamma Vagga, the Fourth Chapter on Kamma, of the Aṅguttara Nikāya, Cattukka Nipāta, Tipiṭaka Volume 21, present a systematic teaching on the nature of kamma, its causes, and its consequences.
The Buddha describes four kinds of kamma:
Dark kamma with dark result; bright kamma with bright result; kamma that is both dark and bright with results that are both dark and bright; and kamma that is neither dark nor bright, with a result that is neither dark nor bright and that leads toward the ending of kamma.
Dark kamma refers to actions of body, speech, and mind associated with harm and affliction. Such actions lead toward painful consequences. Bright kamma refers to actions of body, speech, and mind that are free from affliction and lead toward pleasant consequences.
The third category consists of actions containing both harmful and harmless aspects. Their consequences therefore contain both suffering and happiness.
The fourth category is especially significant. Kamma that is neither dark nor bright refers to the intention directed toward abandoning dark kamma, abandoning bright kamma, and abandoning kamma that is both dark and bright. This practice leads toward the ending of kamma.
The Buddha gives concrete examples of dark kamma, including killing living beings, stealing, sexual misconduct, false speech, and consuming intoxicants that lead to heedlessness. Bright kamma is represented by abstaining from these forms of misconduct.
The teaching also identifies extremely grave actions, such as killing one's mother, killing one's father, killing an arahant, causing blood to flow from a Buddha with a malicious mind, and creating a schism in the Saṅgha, as forms of dark kamma.
In contrast, a person who refrains from killing, stealing, sexual misconduct, false speech, divisive speech, harsh speech, and idle speech, while being free from excessive covetousness, ill will, and wrong view, is described as possessing bright kamma.
The discourse further emphasizes the relationship between bodily action, verbal action, mental action, and view. Those who act and think in harmful ways experience corresponding consequences, while those who act and think without harm experience wholesome consequences.
The teachings also describe four kinds of spiritual practitioners: the stream-enterer, the once-returner, the non-returner, and the arahant. These represent progressive stages of liberation through the abandonment of defilements, culminating in liberation of mind and liberation through wisdom.
The Buddha further teaches that associating with good and noble people brings four great benefits: growth in noble morality, noble concentration, noble wisdom, and noble liberation.
The Kamma Vagga therefore teaches more than the simple principle that “good actions bring good results and bad actions bring bad results.” It presents a deeper relationship between intention, action, and consequence, while pointing toward the ultimate goal of Buddhist practice: not merely replacing unwholesome kamma with wholesome kamma, but developing wisdom capable of abandoning the causes of kamma and moving beyond the cycle of karmic conditioning.
In contemporary life, this teaching can be applied to decisions, speech, work, relationships, technology, and social media. Every action carries an intention and consequences.
The central message of the Kamma Vagga is therefore:
Before acting, speaking, or thinking, pause and examine whether the intention creates harm, creates genuine well-being, or leads the mind toward freedom from the causes of suffering.
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