Monks, there are these three causes for the origination of (unwholesome) Kamma.

What three?

1. Craving (Desire/Greed/Attachment) is a cause for the origination of (unwholesome) Kamma;

2. Anger (Hatred/Ill Will) is a cause for the origination of (unwholesome) Kamma;

3. Ignorance (Delusion/Unknowing of True Reality) is a cause for the origination of (unwholesome) Kamma.

Suppose, Monks, seeds that are intact, unspoiled, not damaged by wind and the sun’s heat, fertile, well preserved, were deposited in well-prepared ground in a good field and receive proper rainfall: in this way, those seeds would grow, increase, and mature.

So too, any (unwholesome) Kamma, Monks, created through craving, born of craving, caused by craving, originated by craving, ripens wherever the individual is reborn. Wherever that (unwholesome) Kamma ripens, it is there that one experiences its result, either in this very life, or in the [next] rebirth, or on some subsequent occasion.

So too, any (unwholesome) Kamma created through anger, born of anger, caused by anger, originated by anger, ripens wherever the individual is reborn. Wherever that (unwholesome) Kamma ripens, it is there that one experiences its result, either in this very life, or in the [next] rebirth, or on some subsequent occasion.

So too, any (unwholesome) Kamma created through ignorance born of ignorance, caused by ignorance, originated by ignorance, ripens wherever the individual is reborn. Wherever that (unwholesome) Kamma ripens, it is there that one experiences its result, either in this very life, or in the [next] rebirth, or on some subsequent occasion.

These are the three causes for the origination of (unwholesome) Kamma.