2007-03-04 02:11:44 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I think it does. x
2007-03-04 02:13:31 · answer #1 · answered by biscuits 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Karma=Action & Karma Phala=Reaction to Action.
If the Karma(action) is that my fingers type on the keyboard, then the Karma Phala (Reaction to my Action of typing) is appearance of alphabets, words, paragraphs on the computer screen.
Karma is as simple as that. It is not a complicated theory.
It is very much simple practical truth.
Karma is scientific, the same as the Newton's third law of motion, every action has equal and opposite reaction.Bible also says, "As you sow so shall you reap" If someone plants apple trees, one will get apple fruits.
Becasue of one's Karma only,somebody is born with diseases, poverty, foolish etc...and suffers because of that. That is the reason why somebody is born with good health, richness intelligence etc... and is happy because of that.
It is the misconception people have that God puts one in that condition. The all merciful Lord who is compassionate would be showing partiality to put somebody in misery while somebody is enjoying life happily.
All these are truth and are not any Hindu opinion.
"I am no Hindu, but I hold the doctrine of the Hindus concerning a future state (rebirth) to be incomparably more rational, more pious, and more likely to deter men from vice than the horrid opinions inculcated by Christians on punishments without end."
-Sir William Jones
Bad people may not live miserable life in a recent times. But in future the reaction will come. It is only the question of time. When one plants seeds the tree doesn't grow immediately. It takes time to grow, fructify and bear fruits. Just because we don't see the fruits in the tree immediately, we cannot say that the tree will not give fruits in the future.
Just consider following explanation from the book, "Nectar of Devotion", by Srila Prabhupada, ISKCON founder.
Sinful activities are of two kinds: those which are mature and those which are not mature. The sinful activities for which we are suffering at the present moment are called mature. The many sinful activities stored within us for which we have not yet suffered are considered immature. For example, a man may have committed criminal acts, but not yet been arrested for them. Now, as soon as he is detected, arrest is awaiting him. Similarly, for some of our sinful activities we are awaiting distresses in the future, and for others, which are mature, we are suffering at the present moment.
In this way there is a chain of sinful activities and their concomitant distresses, and the conditioned soul is suffering life after life due to these sins. He is suffering in the present life the results of sinful activities from his past life, and he is meanwhile creating further sufferings for his future life. Mature sinful activities are exhibited if one is suffering from some chronic disease, if one is suffering from some legal implication, if one is born in a low and degraded family or if one is uneducated or very ugly.
There are many results of past sinful activities for which we are suffering at the present moment, and we may be suffering in the future due to our present sinful activities.
2007-03-04 03:00:59 · answer #2 · answered by Gaura 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Whoa!
Thanks for the information!
Good Karma, a bit like Ying and Yang!
2007-03-04 02:15:43 · answer #3 · answered by tattie_herbert 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. It is basically saying that doing bad things increases net bad in world, good increases net good, therefore the more good you do, the higher probability that more good will be returned(because the world is better). But not neccesarily. Then you will have to be rewarded or punished in next life through reincarnation.
2007-03-04 02:20:41 · answer #4 · answered by Jedi 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Of course it does. There is nothing mysterious about Karma. If you think about it, you will realize how natural it is. If you are mean to others, they will tend to be mean to you. If you are nice to others, they will tend to be nice to you. And so on.
2007-03-04 02:21:37 · answer #5 · answered by Fred 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
its a law god set into the universe, the law of sowing and reaping, a person reaps exactly what he plants. if we hurt someone, we reap the same behaviors we did to the other person in our lives. if u judge and hurt another it sets u up to repeat the same behaviors as u judged. its not god punishing us, when bad happens we are just reaping the effects of god's law. we do it to ourselves, based on our choices we make. if we choose to plant good, we get good back, if we plant bad, that comes back to us.
2007-03-04 04:04:55 · answer #6 · answered by jude 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Really? Then explain why Dana Reeves developed lung cancer (she never smoked) and died after caring for her husband 24/7, for 10 years while he was stuck in a wheel chair.
You can't just base you beliefs on things that happen occasionally out of coincedence and ignore eveything else.
2007-03-04 02:16:48 · answer #7 · answered by Skyhawk 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Yes and "he that forgives first, wins the laurel" - William Penn 1693.
2007-03-04 02:26:03 · answer #8 · answered by mesun1408 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Of course, that is the point. Do good and good will come back to you.
2007-03-04 02:17:12 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yep.
Love and blessings Don
2007-03-04 02:13:53 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Of course it does!
You silly Coyote! ; )
2007-03-04 02:14:56 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋