Buddhist Doctrine

Four Types of Karmic Results:

Committing the ten misdeeds leads to these four types of karmic results:

1. NAM MIN	A ripening result, (as in the ripening of fruit or a blister). It means "to be ready, inclined to experience the result," and refers to the realm in which your rebirth will occur: Big bad deeds lead to birth in the hell realm. Medium bad deeds lead to birth in the craving spirit (preta) realm. Small bad deeds lead to birth in the animal realm.
2. GYU TUN cause consistent	A result consistent with the cause, consistent with the karmic cause you have cause consistent personally created. The great scriptures list two consistent causes for each misdeed. For example, if you killed other beings, your own life will be short, and/or you will get sick easily. Based on your knowledge of these cause and effect relationships, you can determine the specific causes and design a future that is free of these sufferings.
3. Consistent	Consistent karmic result, Je Tsongkhapa says that great lamas of our lineage have described another kind of consistent cause which is the tendency to do the same misdeed over and over again in the future, to be attracted to doing the misdeed. It means attraction toward ingrained habits.
4. Environmental	Environmental results relate to how you experience the physical earth and society in which you live - the world around you.

The karma of committing not to do these ten misdeeds is an exercise of renunciation, not just something cool to do. There is no way to fundamentally change the external world around you; rather, you should have intelligent self-interest and eliminate bad karma in order to change what you don't like about your own experience. The vows are the way to remove your unhappiness. You will notice how your life changes, and it is great fun, makes your life charmed, magical, special, beautiful. Forget about shamatha, vipashyana and other tricks for the time being, you must be purified first.

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