Do you believe in karma?

Question

Is the saying "what goes around comes around" true? Are their any "rules" to how karma works?

Answer 1

Limiting ourselves to one lifetime, I do not believe in any karmic force in the world. I find it pretty hard to reconcile horrific tragedies (say, the Holocaust) with the view that people get what they give.

If we allow for reincarnation or the possibility of an afterlife, there really is no way for us to know because we can't directly observe the timeline of a soul as it progresses through different lifetimes. However, I suspect that the belief in karma is more of a coping mechanism used by people going through hard times than something that actually exists.

Answer 2

Karma is described in the ancient holy scriptures of the Hindu Philosophy, called the Vedas, which date back over 7 thousand years. There is a lot of common sense in the meaning of Karma. It simply means that you get what you pay for. Not only in this life time, but also what you will become in your next life. The Hindus believe that we have to go through 384,000 life forms before our souls are finally released from these earthly forms. Which life-form we keep returning to is determined by the actions we take in the previous life form. So like the famous Santa Claus song, "Be good, for goodness sakes!" Or you might come back as an ugly little cockroach, and someone might squash you!

Yes, I believe in Karma, but I am not sure that you have to wait until your next birth to see the results of the good and the bad things you did in your current life. I believe that it happens right here in your current life form. Whatever you send into the lives of others, comes back into your own.

Answer 3

In Karma idea, unhealthy karma can't be defeated by way of doing well karmas. The account for unhealthy karmas are separate. And the account of well karmas are separate. The results of karma can't be mitigated. It should be loved or suffered. There is a Sanskrit Sloka: "Avasyam anubhogthavyam kritham karma subha asubham; naa bhugtham ksheeyathe karma kalpa koti sathairapi". Meaning; We must suffer the results of our karmas, if it is well or unhealthy. No karma gets erased by way of doing different deeds. Sometime we must believe that we aren't doing and that nature is bringing this kind of condition to drive us to take a natural path to adopt that movement. There is a announcing in Mahanarayana Upanishad: "Kamokarsheet Manyurakarsheet Namo Namah". It is an tricky factor, which I don't desire to give an explanation for right here. Those who understand can fully grasp.

Answer 4

I TOTALLY believe in Karma, more then once I've been triped or hurt on some way on purpose and then in about a week something happend to the person who hurt me lol. Im not sure if there are any "rules" to Karma... it just kind of happens

Answer 5

This is not how the Buddhist with describe Karma. This is a Western interpretation of a philosophy.

Karma refers to a skillful way of conducting one's self. When skillful, one is removed from a process of repetition in one's life. For the Buddhist this would be "Right Action" and "Right Thinking".

Karma, more generally, refers to the motives and intentions of the indivdiual towards others. When done skillfully, one avoids the repetition of "what goes around..."

Answer 6

yes, i believe that there is a good karma, where good things happen to you if you do good to other people. My parents helped out a poor family once with a lot of money, and the next week my dads business went booming. I also believe in bad karma, where if you do bad things to other people, then expect bad things to happen to you too.

Answer 7

Karma is based on the Hindu belief that one pays for one's sins in the past and current births .One does not essentailly have any control practically over what happens in one's current life as everything is preordained. However, when one does good deeds, one gains control, the effects of the past sins are reduced and one reaps benefits, as God is all merciful and forgiving. So, yes what goes around comes around is true.

Answer 8

Karma is always true justice. The rules are to be true to what you're willing to accept as consequence.

Answer 9

As for rules, I'm not sure, but in regards to bad people, I like to believe that eventually, they get it back.

Answer 10

for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction--what goes up must come down---all rules of physics--why should any other level of life be any different?