Do you believe in Karma?

Question

Karma- Hindu and Buddhist doctrine that the morality of a man's actions determines the status of his future incarnations. That is what i got from the dictionary. I dont believe in Karma because it is totally against God. But do you believe in Karma?

Answer 1

Yes i believe in it very much

why? Because i believe in equality for all

karma is an impersonal thing. it has neither favoritism nor enmities.

whereas the "god"(im talking about the judaic-xian-islamic version of god) you are talking about is not equal in his treatment of the life in this plant.

he had "given" this world to humans to "rule over it"...(i pity the other animals and the trees which are devoured at ever increasing rates)

he would have non-believers burn in hell for not believing in him. he has supposedly given men "free will"! BUT! unless man chooses him as his god the mans gonna go to hell, for etenity!

its like saddham hussein running for president, and everyone has the choice to vote! BUT he is the only candidate! lol!
what kind of free will is this?.lol

going to hell for not believing in god is like saying "you are gonna have infinite punishment for finite crimes(supposedly they are crimes!).


Karma is neutral. its like a machine. like a bank, you can make a withdrawal from a bank(resulting in negative credit) or you can make deposit(resulting in a positive credit)

Hinduism(and later Buddhism and many other eastern religions got this concept from Hinduism) treat karma as the impersonal thing it is,

it does not care if u are a king or a pauper, a believer in some specific god or an atheist, woman or man, master or slave, human or animal.

karma is the most perfect of laws,because its universal. no one is above it. no one gets the proverbial "get out of jail free" card. in this system.ill rather believe in this than in a "jealous god"

and its so obvious that even the most stupidest of beings can understand it. simply " you reap what you sow" (in other words "what goes around, comes around)

hence ill rather stick with karma and believe in it(i hasten to add that weather i believe in it, do not believe in it does not affect karma in any way whatsoever:)

PS:Teckmatic

tekmatic, even thou i agree that the Karma system has been perverted into something that supports the brahmmanical caste system, it was not always thus

It was the brahmins who co-opted the caste system and twisted its meaning to serve their needs. They were the ones who added the footnote saying that "lower caste people are those with bad karma than those on the upper castes"

we have to realize that this is the same as the pope calling the catholic kings who supported him the king appointed by god and squashed the legitimate grievances of the serfs during the middle ages.They wanted to keep the fuedal system alive so the kings and nobels can provide a % of their earnings to the church.

this is the exact same thing that happened in India.The brahmins sided with the ruling classes and subverted pre-existing concept of Karma into something that would support the caste system. karma was originally concerned about different species, , the caste-idea was something that was added into the karma-theory later on.

And also we got to remember that its the brahmins who imposed the caste system. anyone who does not believe in that stupid system need not believe in what footnotes they have added to it and just take the core concept of "what goes around comes around"

and if u really look at it with a critical eye, the karma system is actually a very universal one! it does not care about ones status nor rank in life. this was why the Brahmin's subverted it because any rational person could point to the karma system and prove that their caste system is simple baloney.

so, i was talking about the original karma system in my answer and not the one that was fleshed out with the add-ons of the brahmins.

i hope this clarifies my answer:)

Answer 2

In Karma concept, undesirable karma can not be defeated by doing stable karmas. The account for undesirable karmas are separate. And the account of stable karmas are separate. the outcomes of karma can not be mitigated. It ought to be enjoyed or suffered. there's a Sanskrit Sloka: "Avasyam anubhogthavyam kritham karma subha asubham; naa bhugtham ksheeyathe karma kalpa koti sathairapi". meaning; we could consistently submit to the outcomes of our karmas, no remember if it extremely is stable or undesirable. No karma gets erased by doing different deeds. sometime we could consistently sense that we are actually not doing and that nature is bringing this sort of situation to stress us to take a common direction to undertake that action. there's a asserting in Mahanarayana Upanishad: "Kamokarsheet Manyurakarsheet Namo Namah". it extremely is an tricky ingredient, which i do no longer prefer to describe right here. people who comprehend can understand.

Answer 3

No. IT is a highly flawed concept regarding the rebirth of the soul through various lives. It is morally wrong because of its maker's intent and purpose. It was created by Brahmins, upper caste indian people, who wanted to subjugate the rest of the population. Instead of creating a physical chattle slavery system, they waged a psycological war on those who were lower-caste. This was done so telling people that if they worked hard and abide by Dharma and serving the higher caste, the in the next life they would ascend in caste. Employing this mentality gave false hope of reaching higher social status to the lower-caste people of India and made them work arduously. This same mentality was, due to cultural diffusion, spread to the US and now people have these 'what goes aroung comes around' misconceptions, but its simply not the case. Please dont be another follower of a stupid ideology like KArma.

Answer 4

Karma doesn't just effect future incarnations. Karma effects everyday life. If you treat other people poorly, eventually it will come back to bite you in the butt. Happened to my supervisor. She treated all of us like crap. After we got a lawyer, she was asked to resign. That is karma in action.

Answer 5

Yes I believe in karma.
The highest form of Buddhism which is the Mahayana school of belief teaches that one can overcome ones negative karma.
Unlike the Hindu faith which teaches one is forever bound and subject to it.

accumulated karma explains the randomness of life.

if not one is left to answer; why does god allow so many bad things to happen to innocent people?
He after all "sees" after all, right?
Well, he knows then that women are being raped whole scale in Dar fur. Babies there are dying from starvation why does he allow it?

chanting nam myoho renge kyo allows one to overcome their sufferings and reach enlightenment

Answer 6

Whoa..you've got the definition of karma totally wrong honey.Karma is action and all living creatures are responsible for their karma. If karma is against YOUR God,then i couldent care less.

Answer 7

No, I just believe in doing goodness for goodness sakes. Helping out your fellow human and expecting nothing in return.

Answer 8

Yup definitely. What goes around comes around.

Answer 9

i dont beleive in the definition that u just gave but i do beleiv in what goes around comes around

Answer 10

Sure do but around here we say what goes around comes around.