2007-11-05 09:01:37 · 13 answers · asked by maddiepthedramaqueen 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Ronin- You did not answer my question!
2007-11-05 09:05:38 · update #1
I know...I know...
But is the name based on something???
2007-11-05 09:12:38 · update #2
or someone...
2007-11-06 12:45:42 · update #3
No! Karma is the universal principle of cause and effect. Our actions, both good and bad, come back to us in the future, helping us to learn from life’s lessons and become better people. In religions that include reincarnation, karma extends through one's present life and all past and future lives as well.
Karma is basically energy. One person throws out energy through thoughts, words and actions, and it comes back, in time, through other people. Karma is the best teacher, forcing people to face the consequences of their actions and thus improve and refine their behavior, or suffer if they do not. Even harsh karma, when faced in wisdom, can be the greatest spark for spiritual growth. The conquest of karma lies in intelligent action and unemotional response.
2007-11-05 09:06:57 · answer #1 · answered by Jeni R 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Karma seems to be more about the path in which one chooses to follow and not necessarily the person. If one believes in Karma they believe that by taking certain actions that they will be rewarded or punished either in this life or the next. This was described as a cosmic law in the dictionary and I believe that as long as people live in the cosmos then it applies to interactions with humans but not as an individual. That being said, if you believe in Karma it is safe to assume you believe in reincarnation which would lead to a reasonable conclusion that we all have led previous lives and are a result of Karma presently for past actions. Granted some people tend to take on living representations of ideas and beliefs (ex Che as revolutionary, Mother Tereasa as a saint etc.) so it is possible for a person to amount to this in another persons eyes but this would be completely up to those individuals.
2007-11-05 10:49:15 · answer #2 · answered by charles g 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Actually, the person who had my particular job before me was named Karma. So yes, there does exist at least one person who is nominally Karma, if nothing else.
If you are referring, on the other hand, to that karma that is usually described as a kind of motivating force in the universe, then that is not usually attributed the characteristics of personhood but is seen rather as a kind of natural law.
The word itself comes from Sanskrit meaning 'making', 'action', or some variation thereof. How they came to associate that word with that concept is anybody's guess.
2007-11-05 09:15:51 · answer #3 · answered by Doctor Why 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no -
karma is a philosophy
karma is a force of the earth
karma is a belief
karma is a way of life
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"I am the owner of my karma .
I inherit my karma.
I am born of my karma.
I am related to my karma.
I live supported by my karma.
Whatever karma I create, whether good or evil, that I shall inherit."
The Buddha, Anguttara Nikaya V.57
2007-11-05 09:11:07 · answer #4 · answered by Blue October 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
karma is a judgement of all the good and bad a person has done in their life time
2007-11-05 09:11:30 · answer #5 · answered by nunya b 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
yeah, shes a stripper at a club down the road.
and just by happenstance that is any club down any road
2007-11-05 10:46:36 · answer #6 · answered by And i heard as it were a thunder 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think that Karma can come to you in a form of a person.
2007-11-05 09:10:18 · answer #7 · answered by Beautiful♥Disaster 4 · 0⤊ 4⤋
intangable force
2007-11-05 09:43:33 · answer #8 · answered by Bertine 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
NO! haha you should watch my name is earl, it is the whole basis of the series.
2007-11-05 09:10:14 · answer #9 · answered by Alexeiw 4 · 1⤊ 3⤋
No!
2007-11-05 09:08:02 · answer #10 · answered by Emma 3 · 1⤊ 3⤋