Can someone point me to a sutta that states that karma is driven by intent?
Can someone also point me to a sutta that states that at anytime a person can begin to turn their karma around for a more positive outcome, that it isn’t fate?
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Nibbedhikasutta, AN6.63
Cetanāhaṁ, bhikkhave, kammaṁ vadāmi. Cetayitvā kammaṁ karoti—kāyena vācāya manasā.
It is intention, bhikkhus, that I call kamma. For having intended, one acts by body, speech, or mind.
See also the Kathāvatthu debate on whether Rupa can be ethically good or bad
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Here, in the Devadaha Sutta, the Buddha goes to the Nigaṇṭhas, who hold the view that kamma is predestination, and shows them through their own experience that that is not the case.
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AN 3.61; SN 35.146; AN 3.100; MN 86; SN 12.37
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Often when I ask questions in this forum it is important to me. I will get 2-3 replies that respect that and give me answers. After that point someone will make the thread I started about them and some hair splitting argument with other forum members. That is frustrating when someone is trying to get information to solve a problem or have a discussion that has personal meaningful to them. I would like to thank everyone who answered my question and I don’t mean any insult, nor any disrespect to anyone who did not.
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