The objectives of this thesis are 1) to study the Ahosi-kamma in the Theravâda Buddhism 2) to study the examples of Ahosi-kamma in the Theravâda Buddhism 3) to study the belief in Ahosi-kamma in Thai societies.
From this study, it is found that Ahosi-kamma in Theravâda Buddhism is of following meanings :-
Ahosi-kamma according to the views point of Phra Pâli Patisambhidamagga are done (1) The past actions and there were the results of the past actions. (2) The past actions, but there were not the results of the past actions. (3) There were the past actions and the present results of the actions. (4) There were the actions, but there are not the results of the actions. (5) There were the actions, but the result of the actions will be in the future. (6) There were the actions, but there will not be the results of the actions.
From the example of Ahosi-kamma in Buddhism, one can know the characteristics of Ahosi-kamma as the reception of the result of Kusa-lakamma and Akusa-lakamma of the past and the present ones. After the results of Kammas disappear, the people must receive the results of other Kammas as long as they will be reborn in the next world. On the other hand, when a person is free from the defilements, but he still alive; he will receive the result of the done actions. If the actions can come to him or is of influence in giving the result up to his final death, he will not reborn such as Phra Arahantas’deaths, but the ordinary people must receive the results of Kammas continually as long as they are reborn.
The beliefs in Ahosikamma in Thai Societies are brought to be used in asking for forgiveness and the request for stopping the revenge to one another. Ahosikamma is of the base of beliefs in Buddhist teaching which show the sins, the merits, the virtues, and the disadvantage, the Heaven, the Hell, and the being reborn. The important point is that Ahosikamma will give such the result that there is no ill-will to one another, only when the action doer and the action receiver can agree to is other. |
