# Kamma and Result by Nina van Gorkom

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**Category:** General Theravada topics\
**Created:** [August 18, 2023, 11:31pm UTC](https://classicaltheravada.org/t/kamma-and-result-by-nina-van-gorkom/888 "2023-08-18T23:31:23Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 23, 2025, 2:23pm UTC](https://classicaltheravada.org/t/kamma-and-result-by-nina-van-gorkom/888/4 "2025-04-23T14:23:34Z")

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> [@Kamma vipaka & conditionality in 5 sense cognition](https://classicaltheravada.org/t/kamma-vipaka-conditionality-in-5-sense-cognition/1226/4):
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> - Is the influence of kamma vipāka limited only to how the being will react to contact — with pleasant, unpleasant, or neutral feelings?
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> -Or does kamma vipāka also influence the factors that will bring about that contact?
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> -Can kamma vipāka promote the occurrence of certain experiences by shaping the behavior of the recipient?
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> -Can it promote the occurrence of experiences by influencing the behavior of those around the recipient?
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> -Can it promote experiences by modifying the course of natural phenomena?
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> Or are the mechanisms by which kamma vipāka manifests never explained in any text? Is this a question that should be put aside!?

I moved my question to this post, according to the suggestion of @RobertK.

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