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For questions about ethically potent action (karma) and its effects.

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Can somebody remove their bad karma by believing that it doesn't exist?

MN60 You may choose not to believe in cosmic Karma, as in Hinduism, but kamma in Buddhism is only accrued due to intentional actions. Denying intention is denying agency, in one way or another. …
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Is there any proof of Karma theory & rebirth?

Buddhism differs from others in that rebirth is not a transmigration of a Soul, nor of any specific entity. It is more of a statement that perceived experience being subject to conditions - finding it …
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Is the Dhamma / morality objective?

The law of kamma-vipaka is objective, in the sense that it is entirely consistent. It is Newton's third law of motion, for intentional action. As all things are empty from their own frame of referen …
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How do Buddhists that think of karma figuratively do so about rebirth?

If you assume no 'I' or '' mine', no rebirth. If you assume 'I' or 'mine', rebirth makes sense. The universe is empty, energy can only change forms. So for 'now', everywhere sums up to 0. Flip 90 degr …
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Complexities of karma accounting

This is the problem with Absolute rules. Two more systems. 1) Killing = 100% wrong. 2) No killing > less killing > more killing The first rule is inefficient, because it imposes its own absolute …
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What does Buddhism add to a Stoic?

More or less the same for morality, just takes away Essence from the philosophy.
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Dharma without Karma?

If you accept Dhamma, you must at the very least accept impermanence, with respect to phenomenological things. Accepting this, just a logical question: how can an impermanent entity (a human) have a p …
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Why don't some buddhists believe in karma and rebirth?

One can look at experience through two orthognal frames of reference, both perhaps only ideological, since quantum mechanics doesn't offer as simple an answer (no one frame of reference to examine ex …
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Dhamma - one law, two paths?

I was having a debate with a follower of another faith, and during it, this quandary came to me: Did the Buddha describe one law for sentient beings - that is, the law of intentional action? (I under …
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