2006-10-23 05:45:30 · 26 answers · asked by Whatever 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Never. Only organized religions such as Christianity believe that punishment is payback for wrongdoing. Karma is restoring balance and is always constructive. Karma is an opportunity to gain wisdom and enlightenment. It's about learning, which can be a challenge, but its purpose is always, always constructive.
2006-10-23 06:00:34 · answer #1 · answered by Sweetchild Danielle 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Is karma a punishment? Well for the sake of argument lets start by saying that western thoguht has skewed the idea of karma in to such things as good and bad... Think more in the terms of right and wrong... you see the idea of thinking karma is a punishment is quite presumptious... How can you be properly punished if you do not know the cause... It is not for us to truly see. If you beleive that you have dont something that deserves punishment that is yoru consciecne telling you that you have done more wrong than right and taht you need to ammend for your disgretions... Karma however would be neither thought or action but a good and honest mix that we can neither see or touch. I am not "religious leader of our time" i am just a person who has a good relationship with my maker. Pleased to be part of any conversation i come across.... I hope this helps you.. I know i couldnt give a proper answer but that is beacause the question is flawed... Think deeply on your meaning na dmay you find shade
2006-10-23 05:54:17 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Only in the sense that existence is a punishment. Karma is built on the idea that there is an intention to the universe, a purpose to existence. Buddhism and Hinduism share this idea with all religions. Like the western idea of free will, karma allows for a person to choose how he or she will respond to the life we are given. But unlike the idea of free will, which relies on an individual consciousness (separate from a Creator or omnipotent deity), karma includes the idea of a universal consciousness; the individual is part of the universal consciousness.
As the individual gains awareness of this larger collective consciousness, he or she can leave the cycle of individual existence, with its petty desires and sufferings, and thus complete the cycle of karma. The "punishment" of karma is that we each have to learn the lessons of existence on our own. But conversely, the "reward" of karma is the knowledge that we are all part of a collective awareness, a universe with intention.
One of the more interesting features of Buddhism is the role of the bodhisatva, an individual who has learned the lessons of existence and can move past the karmic cycle of earthly suffering, but chooses to remain in order to help others. This individual chooses to suffer the burdens of existence in order to lessen those burdens for others. Perhaps the real lesson the bodhisatva teaches is that earthly suffering, rather than a punishment, is a learning tool. When your consciousness can accept this, then you can begin to experience the larger intention of the universe.
2006-10-23 06:38:49 · answer #3 · answered by PAUL K 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If you see punishement as being something as only bad or a negative thing. You see karma is what is created by the actions we take and the thought behind it. It's sort of like the boundaries we set in place in this realm so that we can hurdle them, in order to dig deeper to a place inside, and connect with god. SO in essence Karma is both bad and good, because from the bad we learn to be good, and from the good we evolve as spiritual creatures. Some need punishment to do good in certain arenas of life, and some who do good in one arena may do bad in the next. It's just a matter of how you grow from both.
I wish you well
2006-10-23 06:08:41 · answer #4 · answered by fryedaddy 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Karma, the law of causality ... also known as "what goes around comes around", is a punishment if you accumulate 'bad karma' though 'misdeeds'.
However, it is not a punishment if you accumulate 'good karma' through good deeds.
Therefore, Buddhists generally seek "the middle way" whereby they do not attempt to be "too good" or "too bad" and remain more or less neutral.
Karma is a primary concern in the teachings of the Buddha.
2006-10-23 05:51:21 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I have read there is good and bad Karma (if you believe in such a thing). It's like do good and it will come back to you, do bad and it will also come back around. The basic belief is anything you do, according to your intentions will come back around. The entire circle of cause and effect. So it is not just punishment, it can also be reward. Karma- cause and effect.
2006-10-23 05:52:45 · answer #6 · answered by jamocha 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Karma does not mean punishment.
Karma theory states that we are responsible for our deeds and if we do good we will get back good and if we do bad we will get bad
As per Gita, if we surrender all our karma to God, we can be relieved of this chain of karma and be free and enlightened
2006-10-23 05:54:48 · answer #7 · answered by ۞Aum۞ 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
sort of. karma is the belief that you will pay for all of your wrong (intentional) doings, including the things you did in your past life. Karma explains why bad things happen to good people. its because they are paying for a wrong doing from their past life.
2006-10-23 05:52:57 · answer #8 · answered by Miki 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
No, its justice. Its the consequences we must face for our own actions and decisons we make in life. Everything we do, big or small affects someone or something around us whether we see it now or later in life. Therefore we have to live with those choices we make and how they affect others. Good or bad, its the result of our choices.
2006-10-23 05:56:18 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
No.Its a justful law. Just like the law of gravity,its the law of action begetting equal forceful reaction.
As you Sow
So shall you Reap.
2006-10-23 07:26:44 · answer #10 · answered by aum_sudha 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋