[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Buddhist Sanskrit literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit) › [Āgama sūtras of the mainstream schools](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama) › [Mahākarmavibhaṅga](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.mahakarmavibhanga) › [ལས་ཀྱི་རྣམ་པར་འགྱུར་བ་ཞེས་བྱ་བའི་ཆོས་ཀྱི་གཞུང](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.mahakarmavibhanga*bo-d339) › [Transformation of Karma](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.mahakarmavibhanga*bo-d339~en-84000) › notes.58 # ལས་ཀྱ་རྣམ་པར་འགྱར་བ་ཞས་བྱ་བའ་ཆས་ཀྱ་གཞང notes.58 Transformation of Karma notes.58 - **Language:** English ### [notes.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.mahakarmavibhanga*bo-d339~en-84000.notes.58) 58. Tibetan las bzhin du mi ’gyur bar skye ba yang yod (possible Skt. astyapi karmamukhā aniyatopapattiḥ). However, later in the text (at ), the Tibetan reads: las kyis bzhin mi ’gyur bar skye ba yang zhe na|. See also . The karmic category spoken of here is that of Sanskrit (a)niyata, i.e., determined, fixed, definite, or inevitable, which means that the karmic result cannot be altered or averted, i.e., it is certain to be experienced in this life, in a future life or, in the case of the evil actions that bring immediate karmic retribution, immediately after death. Furthermore, its experience corresponds to the moral quality of the action. Cf. Abhidh-k-bh(P), ad AKK IV.54. Tr. by Leo M. Pruden (Pruden 1988–91, 629): “Action accomplished through intense defilement or through intense faith, with regard to the field of qualities, continually, and the murdering of a father and a mother, are determinate.” - [Previous: notes.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.mahakarmavibhanga*bo-d339~en-84000.notes.57) - [Next: notes.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.mahakarmavibhanga*bo-d339~en-84000.notes.59) - [Up: notes](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.mahakarmavibhanga*bo-d339~en-84000.notes) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.mahakarmavibhanga*bo-d339~en-84000.notes.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.mahakarmavibhanga*bo-d339~en-84000.notes.58) · Pramāṇa