Viyahapannatti 5.6.245

5.6.245

"Venerable Sir, when a householder is selling merchandise and someone steals the merchandise, is the [sinful] activity of injury incurred by him while searching for the merchandise? Is the activity of possessiveness incurred? Is the activity caused by deceit incurred? Is the activity of non-renunciation incurred? Is the activity caused by false view incurred?"
"Gautama, the activity of injury is incurred, the activity of possessiveness is incurred, the activity caused by deceit is incurred, the activity of non-renunciation is incurred; the activity of false view is sometimes incurred, sometimes not incurred.
If that merchandise is recovered, then afterwards all of those [activities] become attenuated."
"Venerable Sir, when a householder is selling merchandise and a buyer agrees to take the merchandise, but the merchandise has not yet been delivered to him,
Venerable Sir, does the householder incur from that merchandise the activity of injury, up to the activity of false view?
Or does the buyer incur from that merchandise the activity of injury, up to the activity of false view?"
"Gautama, the householder incurs from that merchandise the activity of injury up to the activity of non-renunciation; the activity of false view is sometimes incurred, sometimes not incurred. For the buyer, all of those are attenuated."
"Venerable Sir, when a householder is selling merchandise and a buyer agrees to take the merchandise, and the merchandise has been delivered to him,
Venerable Sir, does the buyer incur from that merchandise the activity of injury, up to the activity of false view?
Or does the householder incur from that merchandise the activity of injury, up to the activity of false view?"
"Gautama, the buyer incurs the lower four activities from that merchandise; the activity of false view is contingent.
For the householder, all of those are attenuated."
"Venerable Sir, when a householder is selling merchandise and a buyer agrees to take the merchandise, but the money has not yet been delivered to him,
Venerable Sir, does the buyer incur from that money the activity of injury, up to the activity of false view?
Or does the householder incur from that money the activity of injury, up to the activity of false view?"
"Gautama, the buyer incurs the lower four activities from that money; the activity of false view is contingent.
For the householder, all of those are attenuated."
"Venerable Sir, when a householder is selling merchandise and a buyer agrees to take the merchandise, and the money has been delivered to him,
Venerable Sir, does the householder incur from that money the activity of injury, up to the activity of false view?
Or does the buyer incur from that money the activity of injury, up to the activity of false view?"
"Gautama, the householder incurs from that money the activity of injury up to the activity of non-renunciation; the activity of false view is sometimes incurred, sometimes not incurred. For the buyer, all of those are attenuated."
"Venerable Sir, when the fire-body has just been ignited, does it have more karma, more activity, more influx, and more feeling? And when it dwindles moment by moment, becoming charcoal, embers, and ash at the final moment of its time, does it thereafter have less karma, less activity, less influx, and less feeling?"
"Yes, Gautama. When the fire-body has just been ignited, it is indeed so."