Questions tagged [karma]
For questions about ethically potent action (karma) and its effects.
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Is ignorance a kammically active volitional formation, or a kammically passive fruit of past kamma?
As the title indicates, I'm not sure how to classify 'avijja' in Dependent Co-arising:
Is it a volitional formation which produces a certain kind of vipaka, or is it a vipaka in itself?
In Bhikkhu ...
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Acting nice for karma's sake?
If I recall correctly, karma is constituted of two parts - action and intention. Which means if one wishes to "gain" positive karma, one would have to conduct a positive action AND do so with a ...
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Feelings and kamma and sankhara , am I bound for the rest of my life
Are my painful feelings, that I feel now, result of my past kamma (I have for a long period felt extremely painful feelings which I couldn't stop and therefore I am helpless and trapped by them)? Or ...
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Goal of liberation in yoga/meditation - Isn't it Boring?
I see that the goal of yoga/meditation is liberation from the karma and from the birth/death cycle. People say that it is the ultimate happiness forever. But wouldn't that be boring and monotonous if ...
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How should a Buddhist approach honoring parents who abused them?
As a Buddhist, we are called upon to honor our mother and father. However, how should this be applied in a situation where parents were abusive, neglectful, and harmful? When engaging the parents is ...
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Judges passing the death sentence
The Yodhajiva Sutta tells the story of a warrior who thought that brave warriors who fought valiantly and died heroically on the battlefield, would go to warrior heavan. The Buddha disappointed him by ...
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How to avoid poorness?
There are many, considering themselves even as "Buddhist" who would not give much toward Monks and Priests, yet reminded by the Sublime Buddha talk:
"There is the case where a woman or man is not a ...
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No more kamma and vipaka for Noble Ones?
There is a (are) person(s) here, who advocate the denying of "person is heir of his action", advocate no-self, for whom who has reached the path already (Sekha).
In that case, do, and why, make ...
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Wholesome is absence of passion?
A person told here, that wholesome (kusala) means absence of passion (desire, will..., raga, lobha, chanda...).
Is that right? If, why. Is it wrong? If, why?
No need to have passion to answer the ...
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If there be no soul or transmigrating entity that takes rebirth, who or what bears or enjoys the consequences or fruits of karma?
How can a religion or school of thought justify or rationalise the proposal that potential suffering could be inflicted on a subsequent rebirth - to all intents and purposes, a new individual, ...
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Does the actions of one's ancestors pass down?
I want to know whether the action of ancestors will be pass down to their children in the form of karma?..
A father's decision can affect his children like father quitting his job and staying at home ...
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Morally unwholesome deeds knowing the consequences but without unwholesome intentions
As far as I understand (of course I may be wrong), every act done voluntarily is born from some specific kind of intentions, and according to the nature of that intention, the act can contribute to ...
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Do we “deserve” our bad fortune?
If I recall correctly, the term karma is used to explain the concept of dependent origination and how one thing leads to another, consequently creating every event that happens in our lives. It is ...
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Who or what creats a realm of existance? [closed]
What or who is the cause that a realm of existance comes into being?
Or is such accidentally? Or an unconditioned phenomena? A material-alone phenomena?
What causes your world you "be", have "been", ...
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Whatever bad deed done with this deed-born body is all to be experienced here
In the context of the sutta below, what does the following phrase mean? - "whatever bad deed I did here in the past with this deed-born body is all to be experienced here. It will not follow along" (...
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What is the process for cleansing a very negative action?
Several years ago I did something that was totally legal, but very much against my upbringing, my world-view, and my ethics. It was a spur of the moment thing and I have regretted it massively ever ...
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Buddhist thought on Amends
Did the Buddha address the idea of making amends for past wrongs? I understand that we really only have the present moment in which karma is made, and where past karma manifests. But say one was a ...
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Taking Vinaya as a measure of the weight of kamma?
Some Brahmans, strangely those learning Abhidhamma and give into meditation, draw excuses of deeds and weight of kamma from the Vinaya, arguing that a lesser transgression must be lighter kamma. Is ...
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My job requires me to shuck oysters
I am not necessarily Buddhist but I am a vegan and killing doesn't sit well with me. I have suffered terrible sleep condition over the past 2 years and can't work in my field anymore and have no ...
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Is Enlightment ultimatelly up to you (Karma and Freewill)?
According to the traditional Buddhist dogma the fourth noble truth or eight-fold path is the way to attain Enlightenment then again some sects in Buddhism accept karma as a factor.
Not knowing (gnosis)...
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Desperate for help about intent and my fears
I am hoping for help as I’m feeling really horrible right now. I’m not a Buddhist but I have OCD (Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder) that is focussed on religion. I am sorry for such a long post but I don’...
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What if there is no rebirth but karma is not eradicated by meditation and the path?
What if there is no rebirth but karma is not eradicated by the path?
I think that would mean that the agent experiences the results of their actions even without rebirth. Am I right? At least if the ...
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The kamma of silence and/or “not acting”?
Aside of Silas there is the matter of kamma which includes always the mind.
What's the impact of acting "political correct" or "according to laws", Sila, while having unskilful intentions?
Whould ...
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Why is “idle speech” one of the ten unwholesome actions?
According to the Suttas, "idle speech" is one of the ten unwholesome actions which generate bad karma. I understand why the other nine unwholesome actions would generate bad karma, but I have a lot of ...
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Is Karma part of Dharma? In other terms, is Karma a subset of Dharma?
As per title.
I read the English translation of the heart sutra recently.If Karma is part of the Dharma, or is the Dharma, does this mean that Karma is not created or destroyed, and it neither ...
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How can we use the triple round model to understand dependent origination?
In the Visuddhimagga (but not in the suttas) and possibly other commentaries, we can find the triple round model, which can be used to explain dependent origination (paticcasamuppada).
The first ...
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What is the Buddhist Perspective on Dreaming?
I met my family who has already died in my dream. He told me something bad about my partner.
Should I believe him?
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About mental diseases and kamma
This question is built on top of another questions asked in this site (not all by me).
Based of these premises:
1) Kamma is not the only phenomena/process responsible for the current condition of ...
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Is the buddhist concept of kamma supersticiously deterministic? [duplicate]
(Before asking my question, I'd like to make clear that all of my previous knowledge comes from sources other than the suttas).
Is the buddhist doctrine of kamma a superstitious explanation for what ...
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Can we cancel out a kamma by doing a strong opposite kamma?
Can a bad kamma be cancelled out by doing a strong good kamma?
If the answer is no, at-least can we reduce the effect of that bad kamma by doing so?
If the answers are no for the above two questions,...
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Does an Arahant accumulate kamma in his/her life?
Cetana (Intention) is a universal mental factor which can be seen in every consciousness even in Arahants'.
Kamma is the intention in one's consciousness.
I have thought about the below statements ...
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If we consider 'kamma' as intention and habits, how are these transferred from a brain to next life when the brain breaks-up and cease to function?
According to the Pali Canon, how are intentions and habits passed on from one existence to another without any material support?
What do the texts tell us about rebirth and the transference of these ...
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Why do ignorance and intention have something to do with rebirth?
I have a lot of trouble dealing with rebirth, mostly because of my previous "skeptic" past. However, buddhism has helped me a lot to open my mind and to get detached from any point of view that might ...
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Mahāsamādhi in Buddhism?
Wikipedia defines Mahāsamādhi as follows:
Mahāsamādhi (the great and final samādhi) is the act of consciously
and intentionally leaving one's body. A realized yogi (male) or
yogini (female) who ...
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Does one need to make amends for a bad-action done accidentally?
Note: Originally I wrote "unintentionally" and not just "accidentally" but I have realized that even the "accidental" action described in the example below involves the person's intentions of their ...
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Can good karma, bad karma or neither good and bad karma arise or not arise from not doing?
"Not doing" in this sense is to mean the absence of any form of action that originates from thought (for instance physical form like speech, bodily movements) in such a way that reduces the physical ...
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Why don't some buddhists believe in karma and rebirth?
According to MN 60 and other suttas, believing in karma and afterlife is right view and believing that there is no karma and afterlife is unskillful and a wrong view because there is actually karma ...
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Benefits of five precepts
I believe in karma and rebirth but I don’t understand one thing. How does five precepts give you merits? Isn’t it only preventing bad karma? If you don’t kill any living beings or don’t steal anything ...
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Is it a sin to organize liqour & meat on cutomer request as a prt of my job?
I'm interested in Event planning & if I take up that job I'll have to make necessary arrangements for liqour & meat to be served at events upon client request.
I'd like to know if that is ...
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How does one know which kamma-cetana and action is related to which kamma-vipaka being experienced?
For instance if I go to a forest and a dog bites me on my leg while there.
How do I know whether:
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a) the dog biting me is my kamma-vipaka from my intentions and actions from the past ...
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Can the same kamma cetana and action lead to somewhat different future physical consequences (the physical aspect of the kamma-vipaka)
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Mr A and Mr B are virtually identical (only their names, positions in space etc. are different).
Mr A intends (x) and does x
Mr A receives y
Mr B intends (x) and does x
Mr B receives z
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Invalid logic pertaining to karma in sutta AN 5.129?
WARNING: I don't hold the views explained (i.e. I don't hold the view that if one does some violent action/s that there are not consequences for one for doing the violent action/s. I don't hold the ...
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Kosher, Halal and Buddhism
If you are a meat eating buddhist, is there any support that eating in this way lessens the karmic impact of consuming meat?
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Effects of modern culture (Movies/Gaming) on karmic reactions
Having read the following:
Are actions in computer games bad for karma?
Background: I have watched the latest Doom Eternal gameplay, its brilliant in terms of Graphics and dynamics. The actions and ...
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Why the view “I am the owner of my karma” not contradict anatta?
Why did the Buddha advise lay people and monks to think, "I am the owner of my kamma, the heir of my kamma; I have kamma as my origin, kamma as my relative, kamma as my resort; I will be the heir of ...
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Is it possible to Take Refuge in the Three Jewels, but still learn spiritual wisdom from teachers in other religions?
I am quite fond and connect deeply to the Buddha's teachings. I have been a soft lay buddhist for almost a year now. I am sure that it is one of the best ways to develop as a being, as well as help ...
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How to understand a second order Karma?
If a person B does an intentional harmful action on person A, and so B does a bad karma.
As a result of that karma, it happens that a person C ends up hurting person B, intentionally or ...
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“Lower rebirth” — Are animals really “lower” than us?
I love most aspects of Buddhism but I can't agree that animals have a "lower" rebirth than us. Dogs for example sometimes have enormous love and compassion for their owners, even if they are being ...
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Do monks sneeze and cough?
Sneezing and coughing are voluntary reactions provoked by viruses in order to propagate and reach as many hosts as possible. If a person has a high sense of control of his or her own reactions, they ...
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I need an answer as to why i received a mother who makes me feel like an outcaste?
Buddhism teaches to respect parents. I do follow. But when ever i bow down our relation with my mother, she constantly tries to bring me down. She makes me feel bad for the way i look. I cannot change ...
