Did Angulimala end kamma?
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I will attempt to answer my questions about this sutta; where the Buddha tells an arahant to "bear it", which might sound illogical, because since an arahant is free from craving & becoming, why would an arahant need to be instructed to "bear it"?
In the sutta, Angulimala says:
Having done the type of kamma that would lead to many bad destinations, touched (phuṭṭha) by the fruit of [that] kamma, unindebted, I eat my food.
It seems some Buddhists take the above verse to mean somehow, because stones were thrown at Angulimala, that "justice" occurred in respect to his past kamma and his kamma was resolved.
However, in the suttas, the word "phuttha" generally refers to being "touched" by a mere vedana (feeling) rather than afflicted by the ordinary vipaka of suffering, as follows:
When an educated noble disciple experiences painful physical feelings they don’t sorrow or pine or lament, beating their breast and falling into confusion.
Sutavā ca kho, bhikkhave, ariyasāvako sārīrikāya dukkhāya vedanāya phuṭṭho samāno neva socati, na kilamati, na paridevati, na urattāḷiṃ kandati, na sammohaṃ āpajjati.
SN 36.4
The sutta also says the following about the "enemies" of Angulimala:
May even my enemies hear talk of the Dhamma. May even my enemies devote themselves to the Buddha's bidding. May even my enemies associate with those people who — peaceful, good — get others to accept the Dhamma. May even my enemies hear the Dhamma time & again from those who advise endurance, forbearance, who praise non-opposition & may they follow it.
The sutta also says about the Arahantship of Angulimala:
Uprooted is [craving], the guide to becoming.
About "becoming", it is often defined as "kamma", as follows:
Thus kamma is the field, consciousness the seed, and craving the moisture. The consciousness of living beings hindered by ignorance & fettered by craving is established in/tuned to a... property. Thus there is the production of renewed becoming in the future. This is how there is becoming.
AN 3.76
About "kamma", it is defined as new actions of body, speech & mind, as follows:
Intention, I tell you, is kamma. Intending, one does kamma by way of body, speech, and intellect.
AN 6.63
And what is new kamma? Whatever kamma one does now with the body, with speech, or with the intellect: This is called new kamma.
SN 35.145
My conclusion here is Angulimala obviously ended kamma because his mind was free from becoming and free from craving & attachment towards the painful feelings from stoning. Angulimala did not react to the stones thrown at him with new actions (of becoming) of body, speech & mind. Instead, his mind only manifested metta towards his enemies.
The sutta says Angulimala still had "enemies", who were unable to forgive him for his past kamma. Therefore, in my opinion, Angulimala ended kamma but his enemies did not end kamma. Ultimately, Angulimala was stoned because his enemies did not end kamma. Angulimala's enemies made kamma (new actions of body, speech & mind) by stoning him but Angulimala made no new kamma (because Angulimala followed the Arahant practise of bearing painful feelings).
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A person ends making Kamma when he becomes an Arahant. The Vipaka of his Kamma continues until he attains Parinibbana.
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