Do you know what Karma means?

Question

Friends and people in general sometimes use this word but when I ask them to explain the exact meaning nobody knows, please help!

Answer 1

When most people say Karma, they mean it in a very base, simplistic form: "Good" actions are multiplied and "Bad" actions are punished. Usually, they hope someone who wronged them will receive their just reward. It's a suppressed desire for vengeance. On the flip side, they hope that their actions will produce future benefits. It's a desire to be rewarded.
That perception of Karma is very Christian-based because it assumes a powerful guiding force (similar to God) who is judgemental.

My perception of Karma is best explained by the theory: For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. Life is interconnected so that everything we do affects things around us and the things around us that we affected, in turn affect something else. It's like dominos falling. I don't believe that Life is judgemental, it just flows and adjusts.

I think the concept of good and bad, in relation to Karma, comes form the spiritual belief that-after death-we atone for our actions.

Answer 2

Karma (Sanskrit: कर्म from the root kṛ, "to do", [meaning deed] meaning action, effect, destiny) is a term that comprises the entire cycle of cause and effect. Karma is a sum of all that an individual has done, is currently doing and will do. The effects of all deeds actively create present and future experiences, thus making one responsible for one's own life, and the pain in others. In religions that incorporate reincarnation, karma extends through one's present life and all past and future lives as well.

Answer 3

Karma is what you do. It may be good or bad. But whatever you do comes back to you. Be it go or bad. The word is from Hindu mythology.

Answer 4

Yes its from that song karma chameleon by boy george.Its also a curry chicken karma

Answer 5

It is like when you do something nice for some one - someone else will do something nice for you, if you steel from someone someone else will steel from you and so on.

The way in which a person acts will affect it's own future - is the meaning out of the dictionary!
Hope this helps!

Answer 6

Karma means what we should do for other reg. any type of work for his future or life line without our selfishness is karma

Answer 7

It is very complex and vast topic to explain. But in simple language : It is the acts we do in our Life Span. What we do now will reflect back in future. If we do good deeds we will face good moments in future and vice versa. In India it is strongly believed and all religions teach this. I strongly believe this.

"Good things happen to those who do good to others".

Have a Good Life.

Answer 8

What Is Karma ? Cause and Effect of Karma

Hope this explanation helps



There is a word " Karma", passed on from the past, but nowadays it is rare to find someone who knows correctly what Karma is. What do we call Karma and what is Karma? Karma is something that exists in the source which moves oneself, lets have a look carefully how the Karma which is in the source, is made. The Karma is made by things that happened to you. Then how can things that happened to you make this Karma? it is important to understand that. This means that something you did is saved in your consciousness. Now we have to look at nature in more detail.


Every phenomenon which appears in nature, everything that happened in them is saved in their seed. Human being is a subject with a consciousness. Human being save everything what they did in their consciousness. This consciousness works as a spirit and when the spirit comes to meet death it remains independent by separating from the body. When this consciousness which was in the spirit disappears it will be reborn as life soon. But because the consciousness disappeared it does not mean things what happened in the past will disappear. Even if the consciousness disappeared, everything which happened to you will be latent in that. So these complex things which are latent in you will continuously cause reaction. The habit of Karma is trying to keep repeatedly thing that happened to you forever, and that is Karma. There are two meanings which allow everything to exist in the world. The world exists by these two meanings. The first one is reincarnation.


Reincarnation means that everything is repeated. Something which exists continuously cause the phenomenon of repetition, past present and future are spinning endlessly. So our life exists by this law and every creature is repeating being born and dying by the law of cause and effect. If something was born in the world but does not disappear by itself but tries to keep itself to exist. Something that happened to you has same meaning. So if something is saved in your consciousness it does not disappear but it continuously acts by receiving the influence of it. According to what happened to you present and future life will be different. So things in yourself which will stay forever will be different that's why to make a relationship is something that people must be very careful of. When a person makes a relationship with a bad thing that will produce a bad thing but when a person makes a relationship with a good thing that will produce a good thing. This is also the Law of Cause and Effect. Karma will exist in you by the cause and effect. As long as this Karma exists a human cannot be able to be free from the control of this Karma.


If someone has a big Karma and if the person tries to live good life and to do good things rather than not becoming a good self will ruin others as well. And by doing things to become a good self will always make oneself distressed. Because there should be a good source in yourself but there is not that good source it is rare to occur good things in you. At this point only Enlightenment can influence you. Without Enlightenment you cannot disobey the direction of Karma which is in you. We can see phenomenon like this from our surroundings easily and it is very important for the life of human being. Therefore nobody can get out of these phenomenon without Enlightenment. The law of nature is strict. In mathematics two plus two cannot be one or five, things which exist are not changeable in truth as well as mathematics it never changes. That is why people say that the most important thing for living all our period of life is Enlightenment.


If someone does a good thing and makes a good result of 60% but makes a mistake of 40% with ignorance while the person was not aware, in this situation the person can control emotions and wrong temper and can fix something which is wrong if the person tries. But if someone makes Karma which is the result of ignorance by making mistake of 60 % but good Karma of 40% in this situation it is very hard to do a good thing because the power of big Karma interferes rather than good self when the person is doing something. The reason why there are many problems that appear in our society is because the society doesn't accept about how Karma is made by things what happened to someone in the past. How does Karma appear ?


Karma appears by things in you. How is Karma made ? Karma is made by words and actions, Karma can be made by actions and words. What kind of Karma is made by word. When someone says things that the person doesn't know then that will be the Karma. Telling lies is something that ruins oneself and others too. This is Karma which is made by words. That is why disciples who were taught rightly by Buddha wrote at the beginning of the script "I heard like this"

Answer 9

DO UNTO OTHERS AS THEY DO UNTO TO CUZ IN THE LONG RUN IT WILL COME BACK ON YOU IN EITHER A GOOD WAY OR A BAD WAY,IT ALL DEPENDS ON WHAT YOU DID!!!

Answer 10

fate... if you want the word's history go to www.dictionary.com