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Evil Cause, Evil Result
Meaning: You reap what you sow
akuin akka
悪因悪果 is a Japanese proverb that means “Evil cause, evil effect” or “Bad causes bring bad results.”
The English equivalent is probably, “Sow evil and reap evil” or more commonly, “You reap what you sow.”
Note: 悪因悪果 is also considered to be a Buddhist phrase encompassing the idea of karmic retribution.
Karma - Cause and Effect
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| Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
業 业 see styles |
yè ye4 yeh waza わざ |
More info & calligraphy: Karmadeed; act; work; performance; (personal name) Hajime karman, karma, "action, work, deed"; "moral duty"; "product, result, effect." M.W. The doctrine of the act; deeds and their effects on the character, especially in their relation to succeeding forms of transmigration. The 三業 are thought, word, and deed, each as good, bad, or indifferent. Karma from former lives is 宿業, from present conduct 現業. Karma is moral action that causes future retribution, and either good or evil transmigration. It is also that moral kernel in which each being survives death for further rebirth or metempsychosis. There are categories of 2, 3, 4, 6, and 10; the 六業 are rebirth in the hells, or as animals, hungry ghosts, men, devas, or asuras: v. 六趣. |
依報 依报 see styles |
yī bào yi1 bao4 i pao ehou / eho えほう |
{Buddh} (See 正報) circumstantial retribution; circumstances (e.g. geographical, societal) one is born into because of karma in previous lives v. 依正. |
報應 报应 see styles |
bào yìng bao4 ying4 pao ying hō'ō |
(Buddhism) divine retribution; karma Recompense, reward, punishment; also the 報身 and 應身 q.v. |
果報 果报 see styles |
guǒ bào guo3 bao4 kuo pao kahou / kaho かほう |
karma; preordained fate (Buddhism) (noun or adjectival noun) (1) good fortune; luck; happiness; (noun or adjectival noun) (2) {Buddh} (See 業・ごう・1) vipaka (retribution); (female given name) Kaho 異熟 Retribution for good or evil deeds, implying that different conditions in this (or any) life are the variant ripenings, or fruit, of seed sown in previous life or lives. |
業報 业报 see styles |
yè bào ye4 bao4 yeh pao gouhou / goho ごうほう |
karma effects; fate; inevitable retribution Karma-reward; the retribution of karma, good or evil. |
正報 正报 see styles |
zhèng bào zheng4 bao4 cheng pao shouhou / shoho しょうほう |
{Buddh} (See 依報) direct retribution; body and mind one is born into because of karma in previous lives; (given name) Seihou The direct retribution of the individual's previous existence, such as being born as a man, etc. Also 正果. |
三時業 三时业 see styles |
sān shí yè san1 shi2 ye4 san shih yeh sanjigou / sanjigo さんじごう |
{Buddh} (See 順現業,順次業,順後業) karmic retribution through the past, present, and future; three types of karma The three stages of karma— in the present life because of present deeds; in the next life because of present actions; and in future lives because of present actions. |
總報業 总报业 see styles |
zǒng bào yè zong3 bao4 ye4 tsung pao yeh sōhō gō |
General karma determining the species, race, and country into which one is born; 別報 is the particular karma relating to one's condition in that species, e.g. rich, poor, well, ill, etc. |
善惡業報 善恶业报 see styles |
shàn è yè bào shan4 e4 ye4 bao4 shan o yeh pao zenaku gōppō |
retribution of good and evil karma |
因果因縁 see styles |
ingainnen いんがいんねん |
(yoji) cause and effect; karma; retribution; an evil cause producing an evil effect |
因果報應 因果报应 see styles |
yīn guǒ bào yìng yin1 guo3 bao4 ying4 yin kuo pao ying |
(Buddhism) retribution; karma |
因果応報 see styles |
ingaouhou / ingaoho いんがおうほう |
(yoji) retribution; retributive justice; karma; just deserts; poetic justice; reward and punishment for one's past behavior |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
| Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
| Evil Cause, Evil Result | 悪因悪果 | akuin akka / akuinakka / akuin aka | ||
| Karma - Cause and Effect | 因果 | inga | yīn guǒ / yin1 guo3 / yin guo / yinguo | yin kuo / yinkuo |
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