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The [[sutra]] '''Teaching the Causes and Results of Good and Ill''' (Tib. ལེགས་ཉེས་ཀྱི་རྒྱུ་དང་འབྲས་བུ་བསྟན་པ།, [[Wyl. ''legs nyes kyi rgyu dang ’bras bu bstan pa'') describes [[karma|karmic cause and effect]]. The discussion begins with [[Ananda]], who asks the [[Shakyamuni Buddha|Buddha]] why beings—particularly human beings—undergo such a wide range of experiences. The Buddha replies that one’s past actions, whether good or ill, bring about a variety of positive and negative experiences. To this effect, he offers numerous vivid examples in which results in this current lifetime parallel actions from a past life. Emphasis is placed on the object of one’s actions, such as the [[Sangha]] or the [[Three Jewels]]. The discourse concludes with the Buddha describing the benefits associated with the sutra and listing its alternative titles, while the surrounding audience reaps a host of miraculous benefits.<ref>84000 Translating the Words of the Buddha.</ref>

==Text==
The Tibetan translation of this sutra can be found in the ''[[General Sutra]]'' section of the Tibetan [[Dergé Kangyur]], [[Toh]] 354

*English translation: {{84000|https://read.84000.co/translation/toh354.html| Teaching the Causes and Results of Good and Ill }}

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