“Certainly not.”

“Is the spiritual life led under the Buddha for this goal: ‘May deeds to be experienced a lot be experienced by me a little’?”

“Certainly not.”

“Then is the spiritual life led under the Buddha for this goal: ‘May deeds to be experienced a little be experienced by me a lot’?”

“Certainly not.”

“Is the spiritual life led under the Buddha for this goal: ‘May deeds to be experienced by me be not experienced’?”

“Certainly not.”

“Then is the spiritual life led under the Buddha for this goal: ‘May deeds not to be experienced be experienced’?”

“Certainly not.”

“Reverend Sāriputta, when you were asked whether the spiritual life was lived under the Buddha so that deeds to be experienced in this life are experienced in lives to come, you said, ‘Certainly not’.

When you were asked whether the spiritual life was lived under the Buddha so that deeds to be experienced in lives to come are experienced in this life …

deeds to be experienced as pleasant are experienced as painful …