An Analytical Study of the Belief on the Result of Kamma and Kamma Inheriting to Heiress

Abstract

The objectives of this research were 1) to study the beliefs of Kamma and the result of Kamma by starting from them, 2) to study the beliefs of Kamma and the result of Kamma by starting from ancestors and Kamma Passed to the heir, and 3) to analyze the beliefs of the result of Kamma and the result of Kamma by passing to the Heir. It was a qualitative research by collecting data from the interviews who had believed about receiving the result of Kamma by starting from them and who had believed that they received the result of Kamma by starting from ancestors and Kamma Passed to the heir about 13 persons in the area of Nakornsrithammaraj and Trang. To analyze the belief of the result of Kamma and the result of Kamma from the data of the concept of Kamma in Buddhism and data presentations by using believe analysis of Kamma in the social dimension.

The result was showed that;

1. The key informant of 2 groups were believed the Kamma and  the result of its and thought that Kamma could acknowledge and understand that this thing had been really. When anybody who had acted the Kaama both good action (Kusollamulla) and bad action (Akusollamul), they would had received the result of Kamma. These were showed the result Kamma by starting from them and may pass to the result of Kamma by starting from ancestors and Kamma Passed to the heir. There were 5 persons who had believed that received the result of Kamma from them action, in this research and there were 8 persons who had believed that received     the result of Kamma by starting from ancestors and Kamma Passed to them and their family.

2. The beliefs of the Kamma and the result of Kamma had believed important role to Buddhist respect. As the Load Buddha word said that “Kammuna Vattati Loko : The world animal shall act along with Kamma. All key informants had believed that person who was born by receiving the Kamma and showed the result the Kamma of each other and ancestors acted its. The Kamma had received that showed in this research; it was the result of action from both themselves and ancestors. There were 6 types of Kamma XII namely; ana-kamma, Upatthambhaka-kamma, Ajinna-kamma, Katatta-kamma, Dittha dhamma-vedaniya-kamma, and Ahosi-kamma.