One day, Queen Mallikā went to see The Buddha, to ask Him four questions about the workings of kamma:
1) Why some women are ugly, poor, and without influence.
The Buddha explained that the past kamma of being angry and irritable has made them ugly; the past kamma of not making offerings, of being stingy, has made them poor; and the past kamma of envying others their gain and honour has made them uninfluential.
2) Why some women are ugly, yet are rich and have great influence.
The Buddha explained that the past kamma of being angry and irritable has made them ugly, whereas making offerings, generosity,has made them rich, and not envying others their gain and honour (experiencing sympathetic joy(mūditā)) has made them influential.
3) Why some women are beautiful, yet are poor and uninfluential.
The Buddha explained that the past kamma of not being angry and irritable has made them beautiful, whereas stinginess has made them poor, and envy has made them uninfluential.
4) Why some women are beautiful, rich, and of great influence.
The Buddha explained that the past kamma of not being angry and irritable has made them beautiful, generosity has made them rich, and non-envy has made them influential.
After The Buddha's teaching, Queen Mallikā vowed never again to be angry and irritable, always to make offerings, and never to envy others their gain and honour.
And she took refuge in The Buddha.
(Ref:Anguttara Nikaya 4.197/2:202-205)
(Mallikā. Chief queen of Pasenadi, king of Kosala. She was the daughter of the chief garland maker of Kosala, and was very good and beautiful. When she was sixteen she was, one day, on her way to the garden with some companions, carrying with her three portions of sour gruel in a basket. Meeting the Buddha, she offered them to him and worshipped him. The Buddha, seeing her wrapt in joy, smiled, and, in answer to Ananda's question, said she would be chief queen of Kosala.)
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