“To be beyond kamma seems incredible to most people; they may consider it a deception or a huckster’s trick. Nonetheless, it really is possible if we take the Buddha as our True and Noble Friend. This will help us in practicing the complete set of ten aspects of rightness (sammatta): the noble eightfold path plus right insight knowledge and right liberation in accordance with the law of specific conditionality (idappaccayatā). In such practice, there is no foolish feeling that leads to desire for the various results of kamma (actions).”

Messages from Suan Mokkh Series #4. Translated from the Thai by Santikaro Bhikkhu. E-published by Buddhadāsa Indapañño Archives in collaboration with Liberation Park, 2017.