The main concept we have from Kamma today, perhaps it's in some way different from the past?
The sammatiyas saw the person as a kind of transmitter of karma. An act generates a karma that will bear fruit at a future time. The person would be an essence to which that karmic seed would adhere in some way. The purpose of being the last of the person would be to serve as a mere transmitter of karma. Very little purpose for so many people.
https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/sa ... inition%20(in&text=Sammatiyah%20%2D%20a%20branch%20of%20Sthavirandin,thus%20often%20linked%20with%20Vatsiputriyah.
The Sammatiya they are from 300 years after the Nirvana of Shakyamuni
Curiously, a few centuries later, between the 2nd and 5th AD, a Mahayana school, that of the yogachara, would develop the doctrine of alaya-vijñana (store-consciousness) which would seem to be an evolution of what was defended by the sammatiyas (note, I am not saying that his idea came from them; only there are coincidences).
The alayavijñana would be the flow of consciousness to which the karmic seeds of our acts adhere, which are called to mature in this life or in the following ones. The alayavijnana would offer a greater sense of continuity between lives than Nagasena or Kukrit Pramoj.
But how do you think the concept of Kamma was in the Sakyamuni times??
Do Kamma concept developed and changed time to time?
Textual analysis and comparative discussion on early Buddhist sects and scriptures.
Jump to
- Welcome
- ↳ TERMS OF SERVICE (including reporting procedures)
- ↳ Announcements
- ↳ Introductions
- ↳ Suggestion box
- Theravāda Buddhist Doctrine
- ↳ Theravāda for Beginners
- ↳ General Theravāda discussion
- ↳ Classical Theravāda
- ↳ Abhidhamma
- ↳ Pāli
- ↳ Study Group
- ↳ Early Buddhism
- ↳ Non-English Resources
- Theravāda Buddhist Practice
- ↳ Sīla
- ↳ General Theravāda Meditation
- ↳ Samatha Bhāvana
- ↳ Vipassanā / Satipaṭṭhāna Bhāvana
- ↳ Ordination and Monastic Life
- ↳ Dhammaduta (Dhamma propagation)
- ↳ Shrine Room
- Dhamma Life
- ↳ Personal Experience
- ↳ Family Life and Relationships
- ↳ Wellness, Diet & Fitness
- ↳ Dhammic Stories
- ↳ Connections to Other Paths
- ↳ Hot Topics
- ↳ Lounge
- ↳ Archive & Links to Other DW Forums
- ↳ LINK TO: Dharma Wheel - Mahayana & Vajrayana Forum (DWM)
- ↳ LINK TO: Dharma Paths—Comparative Religion Forum
- ↳ LINK TO: Dhamma Wiki - Buddhist encyclopedia
- ↳ LINK TO: Google Saffron: Theravāda Search Engine