Kamma Sutta (Action)

I have heard that on one occasion the Blessed One was staying near Savatthi, in Jeta's Grove, Anathapindika's monastery. Now at that time a certain monk was sitting not far from the Blessed One, his legs crossed, his body held erect, enduring sharp, piercing, racking pains that were the result of old kamma — mindful, alert, without suffering. The Blessed One saw him sitting not far away, his legs crossed, his body held erect, enduring sharp, piercing, racking pains that were the result of old kamma — mindful, alert, without suffering.

Then, on realizing the significance of that, the Blessed One on that occasion exclaimed:


For the monk who has left
all kamma
behind,
shaking off the dust of the past,
steady, without longing,
Such:
there's no point in telling
anyone else.