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Vipaka (Sanskrit
Sanskrit

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Vipaka (Sanskrit
Sanskrit

Sanskrit is a historical Indo-Aryan language, one of the liturgical languages of Hinduism and Buddhism, and one of the 22 official languages of India....
 and Pali
Páli

P?li is a village in Gyor-Moson-Sopron county, Hungary.External links...
) is a Buddhist technical term meaning the result of karma
Karma in Buddhism

Karma means "action" or "doing"; whatever one does, says, or thinks is a karma.In Buddhism, the term karma is used specifically for those actions which spring from :...
 (Pali kamma), or intentional actions.

In Buddhist belief, the law of kamma-vipaka is of great importance. In a discourse
Discourse

Discourse means either "written or spoken communication or debate" or "a formal discussion or debate." The term is often used in semantics and discourse analysis....
 (A.N. VI.63 Nibbedhika Sutta) the Buddha
Gautama Buddha

Siddhartha Gautama was a Spirituality teacher in the northern region of the Indian subcontinent who founded Buddhism. He is generally seen by Buddhists as the Supreme Buddhahood of our age....
 said “Intention, monks, is kamma I say. Having willed, one acts through body, speech and mind”.

Vipaka is the fruition of Kamma

See also


  • Buddhism
    Buddhism

    Buddhism is a family of beliefs and practices considered by most to be a religionand is based on the teachings attributed to Siddhartha Gautama, commonly known as "The Buddha" , who was born in what is today Nepal....
  • List of Buddhist topics
    List of Buddhist topics

    The following is a List of Buddhist topics:...
  • Rebirth
    Rebirth (Buddhism)

    Rebirth in Buddhism is the doctrine that the Consciousness of a person , upon the death or dissolution of the aggregates which make up that person, becomes one of the contributing causes for the arising of a new group of skandhas which may again be conventionally considered a person or individual....