Karma (Sanskrit: कर्म ) means action, work or deed. Karma refers to the principle of causality where intent and actions of an individual influence the future of that individual.
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How exactly does karma work?
I've heard tales where if you're bad, you are re-incarnated as a bug or something. I'm sure there is more to it than this - can someone clear it up?
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If karma works, why are so many evil or corrupted people successful?
The world have so many evil or corrupted people who are successful.
If karma is applicable to people, why do good people have to struggle?
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Does free will really exist?
The thing which is the basis of my question is law of karma.
Like, if one do good karmas, he gets his next birth at better place.
While, the one who does the opposite gets his birth at worse place.
And our birth is determined by our karma.
And also…
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Does Law of Karma act on its own or are there any sentient beings which implement it?
Is Law of Karma something which acts on its own? Or are there some sentient beings which implement it? Is it something which acts automatically without involvement of God?
For eg., if a person gets a slight injury. It could be due to some past karma…
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According to Hinduism who is right about free will (Vivekananda or Chanakya)?
Swami Vivekananda says "nothing is impossible you can do anything and everything, believe in that". Chanakya (Kautilya) says "fate can't be changed you have to face your bhagya".
Interesting thing is that Chanakya picked up a boy playing in the mud…
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Where are Karmas stored?
Are the Karmas stored in our minds or are they stored somewhere remote? Are Karmas relative or are they absolute? (In the sense, is good Karma or bad Karma defined?)
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Karma pertaining to thoughts
I just finished reading the Bhagavad Gita, my first Hindu read. The concept of karma has captured my interest. Can one's thoughts contribute to their karma? For instance, if one thinks bad thoughts will bad things happen to them in this life or…
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Is there accumulation of karma when you act only according to your swadharma?
When one performs an action according to one's swadharma, is there karmic impact of that and will the one accumulate zero karma, or positive/negative karma? What scriptures say on this matter. Or what can be inferred from the scriptures regarding…
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Does Prarabdha karma determine one's spouse?
One's parents are decided by karma. But what about one's spouse? Is this also predetermined by Prarabdha?
The suggested question does not answer my question. Mine is specific to spouse. Is one's spouse also predetermined?
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What are all the scriptural basis for Results of Karma?
In other words, on what ‘basis’ the result for your actions are determined. I have seen very many references to how we should live our life so we accumulate Good Karma etc. in Vedic and non- Vedic sources like Sathyam Vadha, Dharmam Chara etc. I…
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Why is god said to be giver of good times and good things when our own Karma created it?
This is a very confusing thing I see in Indian religions.
They say one's own karma is the cause of both joy (in whichever form, be it mental joy, materialistic joy, money, gold, relationships, etc, or even spiritual bliss)
as well as the cause of…
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How could one do karma without expectation of fruits?
As Bhagavad Gita says, one should do karma without thinking of its outcome. What would be encouragement for someone for doing that work if he does not think of the outcome? How can someone have passion for something if we are to detach from all…
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Karma of executioners
How does the karma of an executioner work? Although they are only doing their job, does it amount to bad karma? What if an executioner has to kill a wrongly accused person? And what if the executioner sympathizes with the person he is meant to kill?…
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Critics on Karma
According to wikipedia ref here
...The philosophy of karma is closely associated with the idea of
rebirth in many schools of Indian religions (particularly Hinduism,
Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism[5])..
The idea Karma has received criticising…
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Karma .. a case study ..
I am quite fascinate and confused by karma philosophy.
But then I don't understand how it exactly works
A hurts B in some way (A has done bad karma)
C hurts A (A's karma has bore fruit)
but in the process C has incurred bad karma ?? Is it ?
If…
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