Important Knowledge in the Pure Land Teaching
淨土小常識
174 - The Classification of Cause and Effect (4/11)
II. Five Types of Cause and Effect
There is another, more detailed classification that divides cause and effect into five types:
Immediate result, equally-flowing result, ripened result, dominant result, and dominant result affecting others.
(1) Immediate Result
What is an immediate result? For example: pushing a book is the cause; its movement is the result. Insulting someone is the cause; their anger is the result. Studying is the cause; being able to apply what one has learned is the result.
These are actions of body, speech, and mind whose results can be seen immediately. They are called “immediate results”—their benefits are obtained in the present life, visible to one’s own eyes. This classification is based on temporal sequence.
174 因果的分類 (續 4 /11)
二、五種因果
還有一種分類方法比較複雜，分成五種因果：現法果、等流果、異熟果、增上果、與他增上果。
（一）現法果
什麼是現法果？比如一本書，推它是因，它移動是果；罵你是因，你生氣是果；學習是因，學以致用是果。
我們當下身口意去做，馬上就能見到，這叫「現法果」，現世就得到受用了，現世眼睛看得到的。這是從時間序列上分的。
Namo Amituofo!
