The Murderer Who Became a Monk: 4 Types of Karma, Part 2

Buddhist teaching says one kind of Kamma can bring sudden disaster to someone who has everything, or sudden success to someone who has nothing. This episode covers the two "rebel" categories of Kamma which gives its consequences as a function of duty: Obstructive Kamma, which works slowly like a disease, and Destructive Kamma, which strikes suddenly like an accident. In this episode: the four categories as brothers, the archer and the hammer, and four cases recorded in the Tripitaka: King Ajatasattu and why his support for Buddhism did not come first, the splash that held back the monk Sunakkhatta, the red-bearded executioner's last meal, and Phra Ongulimala and "I have already stopped". Then the teaching's advice for keeping wholesome kamma at work. 0:00 Sudden disaster, sudden success 0:41 The four brothers: gradual vs sudden 2:49 King Ajatasattu: when good done later isn't enough 4:48 The splash: Sunakkhatta's slow block 5:59 The executioner's last meal 7:32 Ongulimala: "I have already stopped" 9:22 The fix Part of the playlist: Law of Karma Explained: The Full Series Source: everything in this video comes from the book The Law of Kamma: The Law of Cause and Effect (Dhammakaya Foundation, 2015). Retold in our own words. Narration uses an AI voice. Animation and music are original, made with code.