<p>Here is the description of a deed being done:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>&quot;It is will (cetana), O monks, that I call karma; having willed, one
acts through body, speech, and mind.&quot; (A.III.415)</p>
</blockquote>
<p>Here are results of a deed done:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>After doing an intentional deed to be experienced as painful by way of
body, speech, or mind, one feels pain [pleasure, neutral]. <a href="https://suttacentral.net/mn136/en/sujato?lang=en&amp;layout=linebyline&amp;reference=none&amp;notes=asterisk&amp;highlight=false&amp;script=latin#6.3" rel="nofollow noreferrer">MN136</a></p>
</blockquote>
<p>Here is another figure of speech, which doesn't seem to resemble a quiet self:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>“So, brahmin, when there is the element of initiating, initiating
beings are clearly discerned; of such beings, this is the self-doer,
this, the other-doer.&quot; <a href="https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/an/an06/an06.038.niza.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">AN6.38</a></p>
</blockquote>

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blue_ego
<p><a href="https://suttacentral.net/an6.63/en/sujato#33.3" rel="nofollow noreferrer">AN 6.63</a> says kamma is intention.</p>
<p>However it appears intention is at most only mental kamma</p>
<p>Kamma is of three types: bodily, verbal &amp; mental</p>
<blockquote>
<p>It is intention that I call deeds. Cetanāhaṃ, bhikkhave, kammaṃ
vadāmi.</p>
<p>For after making a choice one acts Cetayitvā kammaṃ karoti—</p>
<p>by way of body, speech and mind. kāyena vācāya manasā.</p>
</blockquote>

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Dhamma Dhatu
<p>Is cetana AKA intention, another word for &quot;karma&quot; or close to it? If not what is it that makes karma different from cetana?</p>

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Cetana and Karma
# Cetana and Karma

(Asked by: username_0 on 2021-01-12)

Is cetana AKA intention, another word for "karma" or close to it? If not what is it that makes karma different from cetana?

**Tags:** karma, vipassana


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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2024-10-25. Score: 1

Here is the description of a deed being done:

> "It is will (cetana), O monks, that I call karma; having willed, one
> acts through body, speech, and mind." (A.III.415)

Here are results of a deed done:

> After doing an intentional deed to be experienced as painful by way of
> body, speech, or mind, one feels pain [pleasure, neutral]. [MN136](https://suttacentral.net/mn136/en/sujato?lang=en&layout=linebyline&reference=none¬es=asterisk&highlight=false&script=latin#6.3)

Here is another figure of speech, which doesn't seem to resemble a quiet self:

> “So, brahmin, when there is the element of initiating, initiating
> beings are clearly discerned; of such beings, this is the self-doer,
> this, the other-doer." [AN6.38](https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/an/an06/an06.038.niza.html)


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### Answer by username_2 on 2021-01-13. Score: 0

[AN 6.63](https://suttacentral.net/an6.63/en/sujato#33.3) says kamma is intention.

However it appears intention is at most only mental kamma

Kamma is of three types: bodily, verbal & mental

> It is intention that I call deeds. Cetanāhaṃ, bhikkhave, kammaṃ
> vadāmi.
>
> For after making a choice one acts Cetayitvā kammaṃ karoti—
>
> by way of body, speech and mind. kāyena vācāya manasā.


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