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

What three?

(1) Non-Craving (Generosity) is a cause for the origination of (wholesome) Kamma;

(2) Non-Anger (Loving-kindness) is a cause for the origination of (wholesome) Kamma;

(3) Non-Ignorance (Wisdom) is a cause for the origination of (wholesome) Kamma.

Suppose, Monks, there are seeds that are intact, unspoiled, not damaged by wind and the sun's heat, fertile, well preserved. Then a man would burn them in a fire, reduce them to ashes, and the ashes would blow in a strong wind or let them be carried away by the swift current of a river. In this way, those seeds would be cut off at the root, made like a palm stump, obliterated so that they are no more subject to future arising.

So too, any Kamma that is created through non-craving (generosity), born of non-craving, caused by non-craving, originated by non-craving, is abandoned when craving has vanished; it is cut off at the root, made like a palm stump, obliterated so that it is no more subject to future arising (of unwholesome Kamma).

So too, any Kamma that is created through non-anger (loving-kindness), born of non-anger, caused by non-anger, originated by non-anger, is abandoned when anger has vanished; it is cut off at the root, made like a palm stump, obliterated so that it is no more subject to future arising (of unwholesome Kamma).

So too, any Kamma that is created through non-ignorance (wisdom), born of non-ignorance, caused by non-ignorance, originated by non-ignorance, is abandoned when ignorance has vanished; it is cut off at the root, made like a palm stump, obliterated so that it is no more subject to future arising (of unwholesome Kamma).

These, Monks, are the three causes for the origination of (wholesome) Kamma.