Karma Question?? Please Answer ASAP!!?

Question

How karma effects present life and future life according to hinduism..Please be specifc.

Answer 1

Karma is a concept in Hinduism which explains causality through a system where beneficial effects are derived from past beneficial actions and harmful effects from past harmful actions, creating a system of actions and reactions throughout a person's reincarnated lives.

The doctrine of transmigration of the soul, or fateful retribution for acts committed, does not appear in the Rig Veda. The concept of karma appeared in Hindu thought during the period 800-200 BC and became widespread during the period considered as "Classical Hinduism" 200 BC - 1100 AD.

"Karma" literally means "deed" or "act", and more broadly names the universal principle of cause and effect, action and reaction, which Hindus believe governs all life. It is believed that only beings that can distinguish right from wrong, such as adult humans, can accumulate Karma. Animals and young children are not considered to accumulate Karma as they are incapable of discriminating between right and wrong. However, all sentient beings can feel the effects of Karma, which are pleasure and pain. Karma is not fate; humans are believed to act with free will, creating their own destinies. According to the Vedas, if an individual sows goodness, he or she will reap goodness; if one sows evil, he or she will reap evil. Karma refers to the totality of mankind's actions and their concomitant reactions in current and previous lives, all of which determine the future. However, many karmas do not have an immediate effect; some accumulate and return unexpectedly in an individual's later lives. The conquest of karma is believed to lie in intelligent action and dispassionate reaction.

Unkindness yields spoiled fruits, called paap, and good deeds bring forth sweet fruits, called punya. As one acts, so does he become: one becomes virtuous by virtuous action, and evil by evil action.

There are three types of karma in Hinduism:

1. sanchita karma, the sum total of past karmas yet to be resolved;
2. prarabdha karma, that portion of sanchita karma that is to be experienced in this life; and
3. kriyamana karma, the karma that humans are currently creating, which will bear fruit in future.

Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami explains in the lexicon section of his book, Dancing with Siva, that karma literally means "deed or act" and more broadly names the universal principle of cause and effect, action and reaction which governs all life. As he explains it, karma is not fate, for man acts with free will creating his own destiny. The Vedas tell us that if we sow goodness, we will reap goodness; if we sow evil, we will reap evil. Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami further notes that karma refers to the totality of our actions and their concomitant reactions in this and previous lives, all of which determine our future. The conquest of karma lies in intelligent action and dispassionate reaction. Not all karmas rebound immediately. Some accumulate and return unexpectedly in this or other births.

There are also different views about how divine beings affect karma. Some suggest an intermediate view, that karma is a law of cause and effect yet God can mitigate karma for His devotees. There are more extreme views as well.

Different Hindu traditions have different views on karma. Nyaya, Shaivism, Vaishnavism, all have special viewpoints on karma, its relation with divine forces and the way it works.

Answer 2

Sorry I only know in depth about Buddhism...but they're similar... Hinduism just adds Gods to the mix (shiva, vishnu, etc..)

Basically it works like this:

There are 5+1 levels of being. From lowest to highest....
1) Angry Ghosts
2) Animals
3) People
4) Demi-gods
5) Gods
+1) Nirvana... above and beyond the cycle and pain of life.

Past actions from previous incarnations affect your current Karma, and your action in this life affect your current and future karma. Act real bad, maybe get knocked down the pegs. Act real good, maybe move on up. And its your job in life and all lives to move beyond Desire and therefore pain to reach Nirvana (also called Samsara)... which is the ultimate state of being and how you escape the endless cycle of reincarnation.

Thats the base for Hinduism and Buddhism as a philosophy and a religion.

Hinduism is more in depth about how the universe was created..and how certain gods are responsible for certain things... cant help ya there too much, but I do know Vishnu is the main male god above all..and Shiva is the main female god. Also Kali is an evil god.

Hinduism is criticized as being used in the subjugation of peoples in India's caste system. Where you had Brahmins at the top and everyone else lower... the lowest being untouchables. The worst kind of Karma that Indians believed there was.

Answer 3

hinduism says that karma mostly effects future lives, not the present one. most of the effect has to do with reincarnation. karma causes you to be attached to this life, and when you die, that attachment causes you to be reborn into another body, instead of escaping the cycle of rebirth and ending up with liberation.
it is a myth that there is any such thing as good karma. good acts will achieve good results, but any attachment causes rebirth and that is considered bad. you may come back in a higher state due to "good" karma, but you're still coming back, and the goal is to be free from that.

Answer 4

Global studies yeah?


karma effects your future life ..

Reincarnation for example

The CASTE system tells your karma in the previous life. Like for example if you are a woman servant that is considered having the worst karma.

Answer 5

Karma means to do one's needs and responsibilities. Under Government it may be difficult some times due to policy matters each time, and that doesnot mean any past or previous birth related.

Leading Life is difficult , unless Government helps. This is the fact of Life or Karma

Answer 6

According to Gita.................
You have a right to do Karma but not over it's results.
The simple looking sentence has very broad meaning.
"right to karma" means u have a selection..Tamsik, Rajsik and Satvik as they are called. It's not only your right but duty also to select one depending on it's short / long term effects.
Whether Karma follows you or you follow Karma?
now, God knows the result/reward/punishment for the Karma & he will give.
The time frame for the Karma-result relation is end-less & can go to next births .
I have tried to be very brief & hence may not have given full justice to the topic. You are requested to read "theory of Karma" by Sri Hirabhai Thakkar which is the best & briefest explanation for this according to me.

Answer 7

I got here as soon as I could. Karma has no affect on any aspect of present or future life. Reality is what effects life. No matter what religion you are. Thank you.

Answer 8

im not hindu.
but im pretty sure the idea of karma is basic.

do good, good things happen. do bad, bad things happen.

i think with hinduism the deal is that it affects you in the next life. and you move up or down caste. so if i perform well and do good deeds in this life, in the next life i will be born into a higher caste. if i do poorly and bad deeds, i will be born into a lower caste in the next life.

im PRETTY sure thats how it is.
but im not hindu. just got some hindu friends. sry.
hope it helps a little =D

Answer 9

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Answer 10

Simply put what you have done ina former life, or in this one will reflect on the things that happen to you, good and bad. If you did something bad in this or another life, bad things will come to you as a result.. kind of like tossing a pebble in a pond, the ripple effect.