1. Actions can be divided into good (kusala) or bad (akusala) works depending on how they affect others. 2. Whether an action is good or bad depends on how the community views it, not on one's own beliefs. Killing an animal, for example, causes harm and hatred, so it should be viewed as a bad action. 3. A story is told of a king who had prisoners touch a heated iron bar. The prisoner who knew what to expect lightly touched it and was freed with minor damage, whereas the unaware prisoner grasped it tightly and was severely harmed. Likewise, intentionally doing bad works due to religious beliefs will cause greater harm than unintentional actions.

1. Does the bad work have no harm if it is
not known to you?
Actionsof thisworldcan be dividedinto2.
1. Good works (inlaylanguage) orKUSAL.
2. Bad works (in laylanguage) orAKUSAL.
Thisdemarcationcan be critical & thenonlyyoucan escape from the bad works.WhatI mean here is
BAD WORKWILL BE A GOOD WORK ACCORDINGTO THE NORMS OF THE COMMUNITY.
Let’stake a killingof ananimal.
It isan AKUSAL to one community.
It isa goodworkto one community.
Take the commonsense &see!
Is the killingof ananimal,agood one?
Is the animal saysO.Kfor the killing?
Is he silenttill youcuthim?
Can youcut his neckwitha peaceful mind?
Don’tyou develophatredwhenyoucuthim?So that itis upto you to decide whatyoudois goodor
bad.
I have a nice story foryou to tell.
There isa kingina country that neededtogive his2prisonersa differentkindof punishment.Whathe
didwas,he askedhismanto heat an ironbar NOT upto the level of rednessbutslightlybelowthat
margin,not todiagnose the bar beenheated&thensenta message tothe prisonto bringthose
prisoners.
Messengerwenttothe prison& toldthe king’sorderto guard & one prisoneraccidentlyhadachance to
listenthem.
Prisoner’scame tothe palace & the kingorderedthemto” touch “the bar, if theywantto needtheir
freedom.

2. The personwhogot the newscame & lightlytouchedthe bar& wentback.The otherone,without
knowingwhathasplannedcame & tightlyholdthe bar& wentback.Both freed. Bothhada damage.
Who got the maximumdamage?
Likewise,the personwhodoes the badworksayingthat the work doesnotbelongtous due to our
religiousbelief,he getsthe maximumdamage inthislifeornext.
There isanotherstory behindit.
Whenyouwalk,youkill antslike animals.Doesitgetdamage toyou?
Here,youdo not have anyeffortto kill ananimal sothat it will notgetharm because youDONOT HAVE
THE IDEA OF KILLING THEM.
Whenyouhave this IDEA only,the KAMMA isgenerated&reverse effectcomestoyou.
Finally……..
If your IDEA isgood,in whateverpreachingyoufollow,youhave goodresults.
If your IDEA isbad, irrespective of yourbelief,youhave badresults.
Thank you!