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The term karma (Sanskrit: कर्म; Pali: kamma) refers to both the executed 'deed, work, action, act' and the 'object, intent'. [3]Wilhelm Halbfass (2000) explains karma (karman) by contrasting it with the Sanskrit word kriya: [3] whereas kriya is the activity along with the steps and effort in action, karma is (1) the executed action as a consequence of that activity, as well as (2) the ...
Karma leads to future consequences, karma-phala, "fruit of action". [4] Any given action may cause all sorts of results, but the karmic results are only those results which are a consequence of both the moral quality of the action, and of the intention behind the action. [31] [note 7] According to Reichenbach,
In Tibetan Buddhism, karma is created by physical actions, speech, and even thoughts.There is no concept of good nor bad karma—simply karma. Tibetan Buddhism teaches that every creature has transmigrated helplessly since beginningless time under the influence of ignorance and that their lack of understanding has led to performance of actions that have created connections with cyclic existence.
The Jataka emphasizes the benefits of diligence, patience, courage, and the universality of crafts and skills, which remain useful regardless of time or place. It clearly illustrates how the consequences of karmic debt and sinful actions can be reflected in future lives. [3]
The Free will ones are the thinking (agama Karma) and execution of actions (kriyamana Karma) that an individual can undertake freely in his or her current life, and can help influence, change or alter, the Adridha (non-fixed) aspects of the Fated ones in this current life, and can/will also accumulate karmic credits into his or her Sanchita and ...
Vāsanā (Sanskrit; Devanagari: वासना) is a behavioural tendency or karmic imprint which influences the present behaviour of a person. It is a technical term in Indian philosophy , particularly Yoga , as well as Buddhist philosophy and Advaita Vedanta .
The bhavacakra (wheel of life) shows the realms of karmic rebirth, at its hub are the three poisons of greed, hatred and delusion. The principle governing suffering and liberation from it is the law of karma, often understood to involve rebirth. Karma literally means "action" and can also refer to the consequences of action. [19]
Aghoras of a secluded Ashram condemn Shankar, an amnesiac Aghora with haphophobia, who was dropped off at the Ashram as a teen by an admired Aghora Kedar Baba, to banishment, as they misconstrue his phobia to be a curse set on by him by Lord Shiva, asking him to repay his karmic debt.