Do you believe in karma? Why (not)?

Answer 1

Yes. Also because Karma is the most logical form of afterlife interpretation. According to Karma, whatever we do, we get the share of it at a time, regardless of your current life or the one beyond. If you did bad things, you'll have to pay for them(which explains the rich people and the poor, sick people). if good things, then are rewarded with all good things.

Answer 2

Karma or Karmic theory is the mother of 'Cause and Effect 'theory.Every action shall have a reaction and that is the way Nature works.When a belief system incorporates this concept in itself,modifies it and uses add ons,the real problems start.In Hindu belief system,the sufferings of child,for example,are ascribed to the results of bad Karmas in the previous life.So,where do we go from here.?No where but accept the fact the what we do,does affect us ,in many ways than we can possibly think of.

Answer 3

I presume you are alluding to the "tit for tat" idea which is of course not karma at all. But I will answer to that.
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I believe in instant karma.
So I mostly live by the golden rule.

I am neither a Hindu or a Buddhist so I don't believe in the classic karma as defined by them.

Answer 4

In Karma concept, undesirable karma won't be able to be defeated via doing good karmas. The account for undesirable karmas are separate. And the account of good karmas are separate. the consequence of karma won't be able to be mitigated. It must 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 undergo the consequence of our karmas, no count number if it fairly is good or undesirable. No karma gets erased via doing different deeds. sometime we could continuously sense that we are no longer doing and that nature is bringing this style of condition to stress us to take a typical path to undertake that action. there's a saying in Mahanarayana Upanishad: "Kamokarsheet Manyurakarsheet Namo Namah". it fairly is an difficult ingredient, which i do no longer decide to describe right here. people who understand can understand.

Answer 5

I equate karma to the concept of "luck". I don't think it exists outside our own heads. Karma is similar to luck in that the amount of opportunity available to a particular person will dictate whether they have "good luck/karma", or "bad luck/karma."

Basically, I subscribe to the saying, "you make your own luck." I doubt there exists a phenomenon that influences the outcome of events on a long-term scale, consistently favoring particular persons while harming others, no matter how much people deserve their respective fates.

My perspective is that karma does not really exist as a perpetual force. A wealthy person does not have "good karma.” The position in life comes from prosperity or privilege. Similarly, even in single events luck does not exist, except in relation to probability. “Lucky” outcomes are simply ones that are simultaneously improbable and beneficial. And when a bad guy gets what's coming to him, I don't think it's due to bad karma. I'd describe it as "poetic justice."

Answer 6

No. If I understand karma correctly, it states that whatever I do, good or ill, will affect me in my next life. Either I will get closer to Brahman or come back as a flea.

I do not believe in reincarnation. I believe we get one shot, and after we die ... that's it. I also believe our actions have no eternal affect on anything other than our current time line.

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Answer 7

Yes. I believe that we reap our karma in the same lifetime. I hurt someone who loved me over 20 years ago. Ever since then I have been hurt by every man I have ever known.

Answer 8

Karma means action, means "to do". Immediately we have an indication that the real meaning of karma is not fate because karma is action. It is dynamic. But it is more than simply action because it is not mechanical action. It is not unconscious or involuntary action. It is intentional, conscious, deliberate, willful action. How is it that this intentional, will action conditions or determines our situation? It is because every action must have a reaction, an effect. This truth has been expressed in regard to the physical universe by the great physicist Newton who formulated the law which states that every action must have an equal and opposite reaction.

The Buddha Himself answered the question. He has explained that so long as an unwholesome action does not bear its fruit of suffering, for so long a foolish person will consider that action good. But when that unwholesome action bears its fruit of suffering then he will realize that the action is unwholesome. Similarly, so long as a wholesome action does not bear its fruit of happiness, a good person may consider that action unwholesome. When it bears its fruit of happiness, then he will realize that the action is good. So one needs to judge wholesome and unwholesome action from the point of view of long-term effect. Very simply, wholesome actions result in eventual happiness for oneself and others, while unwholesome actions have the opposite result, they result in suffering for oneself and others.

http://www.buddhanet.net/

Answer 9

Yes, I do. I also believe in reincarnation. But, neither Karma or reincarnation work exactly like they are commonly believed to work! *sm*

Answer 10

Yes, I do.
I'm not really religious but there is definitely a 'Goes around comes around' I've seen it happen many, many times. Its a good thing to see people get there "Just desserts" whether good or bad ( I never wish bad on anyone though)