can anyone explain to me clearly what KARMA is?

Question

to whom can it happen?pls explain..thank u!

Answer 1

karma is the law of cause and effect. The principle is similar to that expressed by the Christian verse, "As ye sow, so shall ye reap." The word karma means action, and it's used as short-hand for the idea that every action you take causes a reaction in the future. Positive, caring actions will bring positive results back to you, whereas negative, hurtful actions will result in your suffering.


Karma can happen to anyone..... I believe it, and so do many other people.
Many people believe that both good and bad karma can return to you at any time, even after this lifetime. Hindus believe that the soul is immortal and is reborn in a new body after a person dies. Thus, you have an endless series of lives to work on your karma. In each life, you should strive to do good works and evolve spiritually so your next life will be better than this one. Hindus seek to eventually break free of the cycle of reincarnation and attain eternal bliss of the soul, called moksha.

A god does not administer the law of karma. There is no cosmic judge who doles out punishments and rewards, although some suggest that there is a "cosmic accountant" who tracks each person's karma. Ultimately, each individual is responsible for his or her own actions and karma.

Siddhartha Gautama, who became the Buddha and upon whose teachings all of Buddhism is based, was born into Hindu society and believed in the doctrine of karma. The Buddhist perspective on karma isn't very different than that of Hindus. Every action you take will have a repercussion in the future, and you have to live with the consequences of your actions. Most Buddhists believe in reincarnation, and their goal is to transcend constant birth and rebirth to achieve nirvana, similar to the Hindu moksha.

Buddhism also places importance on the intent of one's actions. For example, if you accidentally step on a bug and kill it, you won't create bad karma. But if you purposefully kill it, you create bad karma. Likewise, if your actions unintentionally benefit others, you do not create good karma. Only when you mindfully do good, do you create good karma.

Answer 2

Karma happens to everyone. The idea is a hindu one, which claims that you will be repaid for every thing you do... sometimes this happens in this lifetime, sometimes it happens in the next.

The traditional example is that if you were to eat beef, after you die, your sould would be reborn into the body of a cow being raised for slaughter.

Instant karma is becoming a popular concept in America, because it happens in this life. If you cheat on your wife, some day, you will be cheated on, etc. etc.

Of course, Karma also works for good. If you kindly raise a cow, and care for it, and feed it, and let it breed only as much as it wants to, and let it live to a nice ripe old age until it dies of natural causes, peacefully in it's sleep, then in another life, you supposedly will be equally well cared for, and if you remain faithful to your wife forever, so will she...

Obviously, Karma doesn't always work out exactly that way, but in theory, for every good you do, some equivalent good will be done to you, and for every bad you do, some equivalent bad will be done to you. Sort of a hindu golden rule.

Answer 3

In simple layman's terms: What goes around, comes around. Karma can and does happen to anyone and everyone. Karma, by other names, is a part of all religions, and even Atheism as Justice.

Answer 4

karma isn't really something that happens to a person. karma is a concept in hinduism. it's basically cause and effect. there can be good karma or bad karma. good karma will result in good returns and vice versa. but karma is something you do. it's not like fate.
it's part of the death-rebirth cycle. if you have good karma (perform good deeds/works) in your lifetime then you will be reincarnated into a higher caste or possibly you will reach moksha--escape from the death-rebirth cycle.

Answer 5

it happens to everyone. when you do something good, something good happens to you. when you do something bad, something bad happens to you. this can happen in this life or the next. so if you have a sucky life, no matter how good of a person you are, you were prob a bad person, and remained unpunished in your past life.

atleast that is what i believe.
i am not trying to tell you to believe in other lives.
just one thing i was taught, and decided to believe.
def makes since to me. more since than the heaven and hell thing.


oh! and i met a lady named karma. she was nice.
i want to change my name to karma, but if i cant do that since i dont wanna disappoint my mom since i already have a unique name, i might adopt a baby and name her that. but then someday she might go and change it on me. lol

Answer 6

Karma is the universal rule of justice. It is always happening to everyone.

Answer 7

Our daily life consists of a continous stream of choices we make.
Each of those choices produces a result at some point in the future, some good , some not so good.
Some realize this, some don't bother to care.
Look around you and see if you can pick who's who

Answer 8

Karma is when you do something to someone terribly bad and it comes back at you 10'x worser than you did it to them. Also when you do something good it's like a blessing comes your way when you lease expect it.

Answer 9

You reap what you sow. What goes around, comes around. That's Karma. If you want more detail, try wikipedia.

Answer 10

Karma is you deed. Keep doing your jobs.. don't bother about results. The results are allways positive if your deeds are positive.