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## Kushila Parijnaadhyayanam
The study of Kushila (cruel) individuals.
**Another point:** They bind and torment the wicked, leading them astray. They believe that evil deeds cannot be destroyed without the destruction of the karma that created them. As it is said:
"Do not be disheartened, O living being! Do not be dejected, miserable, and downtrodden. The suffering you have caused in the past cannot be erased by mere contemplation." (1)
"If you enter the underworld, the forest, a cave, or the ocean, you cannot escape the consequences of your past actions, even if you destroy yourself." (2)
Thus, the Kushila have been explained in detail. Now, the Sutrakar (author of the sutra) speaks about the heretics, without giving them any importance.
**Commentary:**
Actions that bear fruit quickly yield their results in this very life. However, there are many actions that bear fruit in the next life, in hell, etc. Some actions cause intense suffering as a result of their karmic consequences in a single lifetime, while others bear fruit over hundreds of lifetimes. Just as a being performs a wicked action, so too does it receive its fruit, or it may receive it in a different way. In other words, some actions bear fruit in this life, while others bear fruit in the next. The Shruta Skandha, under the heading of "Dukkha Vipaka" (suffering consequences), describes the story of the deer's son. Actions that are long-lasting bear fruit in the next life. The way in which an action is performed, it bears fruit for the doer in the same way, either once or multiple times, or it may bear fruit in a different way, once or thousands of times, in the form of piercing the body, cutting off hands and feet, etc.
Those who are unrighteous and cruel, who inflict great pain and suffering on others, wander endlessly in the cycle of four births (Chaturgati) like a wheel in a well. They wander in the cycle of birth and death and experience intense and unbearable suffering. When they are tormented by the consequences of their past actions, they engage in self-deception, which leads to the binding of new karma and the suffering of the consequences of their evil deeds. This means that self-created karma cannot be destroyed without experiencing its consequences. Therefore, it is said: "O living being! Do not become disheartened, dejected, miserable, downtrodden, and sorrowful, because the suffering you have caused others in the past cannot be erased by mere contemplation. Even if you enter the underworld, the forest, a cave, or the ocean, or even if you commit suicide, you cannot escape the consequences of your past actions."
Thus, the general characteristics of Kushila individuals have been explained. Now, the Sutrakar speaks about the heretics.
"Those who abandon their parents and embrace the Shraman vow, then engage in the practice of fire worship and harm living beings for their own comfort, are Kushila Dharma (followers of a cruel path), as the omniscient ones have said." (5)
**Translation:**
Those who abandon their parents and embrace the Shraman vow, then engage in the practice of fire worship and harm living beings for their own comfort, are Kushila Dharma (followers of a cruel path), as the omniscient ones have said.