Karma literally means action. We first take an intent and follow it up with action in the form of thought, speaking to others, planning and execution. According to the Theory of Karma - every action taken to achieve a result or profit (fruit of action) leaves a trace or a karmic residue behind it. It is this residue that keeps accumulating and takes away one's well-being and freedom. Only a person who acts to produce results without worrying about profit (Nishkama Karma or Niskarma) does not accumulate such a Karmic residue. Such action normally comes from love or pure passion.
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 past, 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.
If we accept the basic ethical purpose of Karma is to behave responsibly, and the tenet of Karma may be simply stated 'if you do good things, good things will happen to you - if you do bad things, bad things will happen to you', then it is possible for us to identify analogs with other religions that do not rely on Karma as a metaphysical assertion or doctrine.
Man is threefold in his nature. He consists of Iccha, Jnana and Kriya. Iccha is desire or feeling. Jnana is knowing. Kriya is willing. These three fashion his Karma. He knows objects like chair, tree. He feels joy and sorrow. He wills - to do this, or not to do that.
Behind the action, there are desire and thought. A desire for an object arises in the mind. Then you think how to get it. Then you exert to possess it. Desire, thought and action always go together. They are the three threads, as it were, that are twisted into the cord of Karma.
Desire produces Karma. You work and exert to acquire the objects of your desire. Karma produces its fruits as pain or pleasure. You will have to take births after births to reap the fruits of your Karma. This is the Law of Karma.
2006-08-04 08:35:38
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answered by StraightDrive 6
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The belief of Karma is that it is equally distributed through out the universe. It hits on the points that everything maintains balance naturally. So in saying that when we die the good and bad that we intentional or unintentionally cause other people will naturally balance itself throughout the community. If we seek forgiveness and are genuine then the person we seek it from will probably feel something leaning towards good or bad. When we die the peoples whose lives we have effected will remember us. And while some say prostitution is the oldest profession, I believe judging is
2006-08-04 08:28:51
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answered by lookaround 2
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Karma goes hand in hand with reincarnation. If you believe in karma then you believe also in reincarnation so that you can continue to work out your karma until things are right with your soul. If you believe in "the Lord" (suggests you are talking about Jesus, or maybe Jehovah but it could also refer to quite a few other gods including Allah and some others) then you don't have karma per se, you have recognition of sin and forgiveness for sin after you accept Jesus (and/or Jehovah). Karma doesn't fit in here because the Bible says we cannot redeem ourselves but that God must forgive us (meaning we could never do enough good deeds to outweigh our bad ones, so karma would always be bad in this scenario).
2006-08-04 08:22:30
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answered by Anonymous
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I definately believe in karma. just look at that one tv show, my name is earl. but i cant answer your other questions about what happens after death because im not dead and neither are you. so just continue to do good things and live a happy life because it will all come back to you in the end, as karma would like it to.
2006-08-04 08:21:58
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answered by Anonymous
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i believe in that,
i think everything that happen is for a reason...we didn't know what it is because we cant see our future,
After we died...i think we should responsible of everything that we have done in this world, God create human to be responsible of their act right? And it must be any pay back for every single little thing that we've done =) like it or not...so i thought we can start to ask forgiveness from God...because i personaly didnt want to end up forever in hell...
2006-08-04 08:24:45
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answered by Luna_7 3
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I do believe in Karma. I don't believe it follows us from life to life persay, but I think if we mess up bad enough we are put into a situation in our next life that will help us to learn the lessons that we failed to learn the first time around.
2006-08-04 08:21:13
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answered by Phoenix's Mommy 4
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Karma has no endings
IT will not be clean..u will get what u did..but u will not notice when u forgiven
It will be there after u die
2006-08-04 08:20:43
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answered by snow l 3
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I believe in cause and effect, but not that it follows you from one life to another, there is never any debt, you leave life when you are done. There is no need to ask for forgiveness from God, he/she/it doesn't judge--humans do. Religion came up with the idea that God needs us to do certain things, or not to do them, in order to control the otherwise dangerous population--what if everyone rebelled and listened to their own heart? Dangerous.
2006-08-04 08:25:15
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answered by ThereisEnough 2
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I believe in karma to some extent. It's not something that's totally in my belief system.
2006-08-04 08:21:37
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answered by Sick Puppy 7
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Yes people who have it comming to them will cause there own undoing or Karma
2006-08-04 08:18:37
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answered by serenity_may 2
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