Questions tagged [karma]
For questions about ethically potent action (karma) and its effects.
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What's the karmic cause for homosexuality? [duplicate]
Is being homosexual a result of poor karma? Or is it because of the person's habit in his/her past life? Or perhaps it's because the person likes and supports same-sex couple in his/her past life?
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Do ALL thoughts with lobha (craving), dosa (aversion) and moha (ignorance) create bad karma?
This answer stated that:
Edit: Here is the link to the answer https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/a/2868/20766
Even if you sit in the dark and do nothing, you can still be creating
bad Kamma. It ...
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Can a monk choose to eat only an animal or plant that had died naturally?
If someone hires a person to kill another and the plot is discovered, both the hired killer and the one who hired him will be arrested and imprisoned.
Yet, somehow, if a monk eats food given by others,...
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Not wanting to meditate = bad karma?
I know that as long as someone isn't enlightened, thoughts will continue to arise in one's mind, including bad thoughts. And the only way to prevent bad thoughts from arising is through meditation. So ...
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Why does Snp 2.2 not consider eating meat to be killing karma?
The teaching of Buddha Kassapa in Snp 2.2:
“Killing living beings,
hunting, cutting, binding,
theft, lying, fraud, deceptions,
useless recitations,
associating with the wives of others:
This is a raw ...
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Non-vegetarianism
I feel guilty about eating non-vegetarian food (fish, eggs and chicken). I know Buddhist followers, brahmins (Hindus) and Jains follows strict rules for vegetarianism. Does eating any sort of meat ...
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Would a stream enterer no longer need the “I am the owner and heir of my karma” reflection?
The following sutta quote shows the reflection that would cause the diminishing or abandonment of misconduct.
However, this appears to be a method of skillful means for reflection by someone with self-...
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Does “old karma” come from our parents, family, community, surroundings?
In SN 35.145 (below), we see that the body, intellect etc. is "old karma", capable to be felt. But it doesn't say whose "old karma" it is. The sutta also talks about "new ...
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Can everything be explained as the result of Kamma or not?
In his brief introduction to Sivaka Sutta, SN 36:21, Thanissaro Bhikkhu states that the Sutta has been misinterpreted as saying that there are certain things not explainable as the results of Kamma. ...
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How is 'Chanda' (Intention) related to 'Tanha' (Desire)?
How is 'Chanda' (Intention) related to 'Tanha' (Desire)?
I often hear that Karma is determined by intention. I want to know how they are all related. What comes first? What gets abandoned in ...
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I am a buddhist, and i have a harm OCD
i need guidance for a problem that i have for 5 years. I have a harm ocd, i keep having this extremely bad imaginations about killing family/holy beings and destroying holy stuff. The thing is, i ...
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Intentional or unintentional sexual thoughts
I've been restless for these past few days. Once I have an unappropiate thought about a holy figure, and I think it was unintentional (not sure though). But then I kept thinking about it over and over ...
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How do the concepts of anatta, rebirth and karma coexist together?
Although I have read quite a lot of books about Buddhism, almost all of them were meant for the Western layman so I consider myself to be a beginner compared to most of you here. I hope you can ...
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Does karma have effects, only if they are done physically? Or also mentally? [duplicate]
I know Theravada Buddhism has 5 precepts:
killing other beings
stealing, or taking by force what is not given
no sexual relations other than your married soulmate
lying and incorrect speech
consuming ...
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What are the things to do get large amount of merits? [duplicate]
I'm new to this forum.
What are the most merit receiving things in Buddhism?
I already know donating or charity is a good way to earn much merits.
What are the other ways to earn merits?
Thank you.
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Can one gloss the doctrine of karma as the claim that we are only really hurting ourselves?
Can one gloss the doctrine of karma as the claim that we are only really hurting ourselves?
At least in everyday senses of suffering.
Perhaps not including sickness, old age, and death (these seem ...
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How, if at all, does karma exist in the form and formless realms?
How, if at all, does karma exist in the form and formless realms?
Obviously, as humans in the desire realm, we can suffer misfortune, etc., due to our karma. But what about events in these other ...
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Anatta and the question of motivation
I am a layperson of protestant Christian background interested in buddhist thought and trying to clarify some of the basic concepts for myself. One of the stumbling blocks is understanding the ...
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Does buying meat equate to approving of killing an animal?
In the Kammapatha sutta AN 3.164(A i 297) a note concerning the meaning of a passage (written by the author of the page dedicated to the sutta it seems) makes me question, the sutta and note are ...
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Did the Buddha ever mentioned what is the cause for having lovers / marriage?
I know there are clear explanations of cause and effect for things like the 5 precepts whereby;
Killing is the cause for short live, stealing is the cause for being poor etc...
But did our Lord Buddha ...
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What is called an intentional thought?
I'm a 16 old student and I'm getting weird and intrusive thoughts which are unwanted and unintentional. I got those thoughts about buddha which can be greater insult for Him. But none of them are ...
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Is it possible to share merit to all beings like Angels, hungry ghosts, animals etc
I read stories in Petavatthu which describe how people offer donations to the sangha and transfer the merit to their deceased relatives who are born as hungry ghosts, so that they can get alleviate ...
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Does kamma define the universal law of cause & effect?
I read the following verbal kamma on the internet:
Karma can be expressed like the magnetic push or pull that defines the
universal law of 'cause and effect'. Karma follows a similar rule as
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How we collect bad karma?
I'm a student, and I'm getting weird instant bad thoughts to hurt my mom without any reason coz of my anxiety. they are not delibarete by any means.but I have never hurt her verbally or physically. ...
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Can a bad karma happen just only with a thought without any physical or verbal action?
Do we collect bad karma just only with an instant thought without any physical action or verbal action?
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Does doing an ordinary day-to-day job account for good karma?
If you do an ordinary job, say anything like a software engineer, or a waiter in a hotel or a farmer, anything, like a 9-5 job. Helping society in whichever peaceful means possible. Does it accumulate ...
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Cetana and Karma
Is cetana AKA intention, another word for "karma" or close to it? If not what is it that makes karma different from cetana?
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Do the enlightened not experience the results of their past karma? [duplicate]
Can buddha attain Nibbana without Devadatta's throwing a rock and hurting Buddha's foot?
I read somewhere that buddha redeem his past karma by getting hit from that stone hence my question
I am sorry ...
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Can bad kamma be overcome in one lifetime
If there is a puthujjana who has led a life full of the major and minor defilements till about 40 years of age, suddenly turns around, starts leading a totally celibate life and also observes the rest ...
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What is the destination of unenlightened monk reviling Noble Layperson?
I recall reading the Buddhist scriptures say those who revile Noble Ones are reborn in hell.
Does this also apply to an unenlightened (puthujjana) monk that reviles a Noble Layperson?
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What are the effects of discourageing one from going forth?
Since popular, one thinking compassionate, what might be it's effect, thought that's actually, after assisting ones benefactors, giving, the undertaking most praised by wise? So only foolish, or of ...
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I am seeking advice for blasphemous intrusive thoughts
I suffer with Pure obsessive compulsive disorder. I regularly have intrusive thoughts of all different kinds and I can be pretty anxious sometimes. Although I know that thoughts are only just thoughts,...
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I believe I have done bad things in a past life can I fix my curse that causes people to turn against me what kind of Karma is this?
What kind of karma is it that causes people to suddenly go 180 on me when I seem to give 'too much' info about a certain point then they turn against me and give me the 'cold shoulder'? or have ...
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It's ok to grow, harvest and consume vegetables and fruits, because they are not sentient?
A teaching householder here adviced:
"It's ok to grow, harvest and consume vegetables and fruits, because they are not sentient." ("ok" here was to be assumed of having no negative ...
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The New Age Philosophy of Evolution stating that working towards Thoughtlessness and Nothingness is fundamentally Flawed
Though this video is in Hinglish - some casual dialogues are in Hindi but most of the conversation happens in English https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Uf-eoAij5o , Anand Gandhi - Director and ...
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Is making art bad or sinful?
I would not be writing this if I had another way of knowing the answer. Unfortunately, I cannot talk to anyone due to quarantine. Even though I have thought a lot about it, I am still unsure. My ...
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Do we perceive the whole?
According to I think all Buddhists, the whole is nothing more than its parts. I've read it claimed that, given everything is partite, nothing exists. Perhaps Being means something more than its parts, ...
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How do Buddhists that think of karma figuratively do so about rebirth?
How do Buddhists that think of karma figuratively -- non literal -- not what is ordinarily meant -- do so about rebirth? They surely cannot believe rebirth is literal, so what exactly is it?
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Humbled by fate, punishment or push to right path?
Not long ago, I encountered tough "barrier" in life, tried to break through it but ended up greatly humbled and forced to take step back.
This got me thinking whether I should decouple from ...
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Reason of pandemics
According to the theory of karma,an individual receives the punishment for one's past deeds.
Now my question is the whole world is going through a massive unprecedented time,not only corona but severe ...
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Cause and effect
Buddha said that every living creature is subject to cause and effect.My question is what were we paying for in our first life?Well let me put forward like this,the first living creature after the ...
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How important is patience in buddhism?
I've heard that patience has a big place in Buddhism. It is especially very important for monks. I can think two ways of patience.
When we get angry, we have to have patience to avoid bad ...
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Where does Karma get stored?
Sometimes we get an instant Karma. In other cases it takes time for Karmic fruits to ripen. I want to know in later case where does the Karma get stored or how is it remembered.
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Does 'karma' mean that everything that happens to us is under our control, or only that we are responsible for it?
Does 'karma' mean that everything that happens to us is under our control, or only that we are responsible for it? I thought that only substantial beings could be completely in control of everything ...
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The Buddha and the Cycle of Life
What is the source of the cycle of life/death in the scripture , Does it have references in the Pali canon? Is the cycle itself introduced with Buddhism or came from other sources?
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Why are they called “old kamma”?
The sutta below states that eyes, ears, nose, tongue, body and mind are old kamma.
Why are these called old kamma (purāṇakammā)?
Is it because of rebirth? Or could there be other reasons?
If rebirth ...
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Do any Buddhists say that everyone's Buddha nature repeats an infinite number of times?
Do any Buddhists say that everyone's Buddha nature repeats an infinite number of times? To be specific, I mean that everyone's -- including Sakyamuni's -- life, or perhaps just karma, is repeated over ...
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Today, I killed
At work, a tiny little flying insect landed on my desk. At first I thought he was dead because he wasn’t moving, so I gently pushed him to see if he reacted, and he moved so I left him alone. Some ...
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Is karma of arms giving depends on the reciever?
Consider the following situation
There are two people. One of them is enlightened. Other one is not. If I gave something to them equally without knowing anything about them, Are there any deference ...
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Does everything that happens to me happens because of me? [closed]
I always wonder that my self. People scam me because I am not wise.
What happened?
Is there always something I did that causes that? How do I know that?
