Reply To: Sankhara

#51666
Yash RS
Participant

I think it was Ven. Moggallana who was trying to remove microorganisms from the water before drinking, but the Buddha said that it’s impossible to live in this Sansara without harming others. So wasn’t that act an apunna abhisankhara as the microorganisms would be killed?. But the Arahant doesn’t have any Upadana for harming others, so the kamma won’t generate. So with this logic it only depends on the Upadana for such acts. If someone gets a random thought of killing someone from past Memory,but that person doesn’t “attach” to that thought and cultivate anger, it won’t generate any kamma as there is no “liking” for that act . So why is it that if someone does something but doesn’t have the Upadana or liking for that act still generate kamma?  An Arahant doesn’t generate any kamma at all because their minds are devoid of any Upadana. So even if an Arahant preaches dhamma which is the best way to accumulate punna kamma, he still won’t accumulate any kamma. 

So this is what I am trying to ask. It only depends on the Upadana or “liking” for that act that generates kamma.