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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 ...
The Bible presents no clear theological ethic on masturbation, leaving many young unmarried Christians with confusion and guilt around their sexuality. Harvey, John F. "The Pastoral Problem of Masturbation" (PDF). couragerc.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-12-22. Dobson, James (2012) [1978].
Fate is past karma, free-will is present karma. Both are really one, that is, karma, though they may differ in the matter of time. There can be no conflict when they are really one. Fate, as I told you, is the resultant of the past exercise of your free-will. By exercising your free-will in the past, you brought on the resultant fate.
There is no express biblical warrant condemning and prohibiting suicide, and there are persons mentioned within the Bible who die by suicide. [19] [20] Depending on a denomination's canon of books, there are seven or eleven suicides mentioned in the Bible. [21] On the other hand, the descriptions of people in the Bible who died by suicide are ...
The Bible refers to divine retribution as, in most cases, being delayed or "treasured up" to a future time. [4] Sight of God's supernatural works and retribution would militate against faith in God's Word. [ 5 ]
[11]: 27 The Bible primarily speaks of sin as moral evil rather than natural or metaphysical evil. [11]: 21 The writers of the Bible take the reality of a spiritual world beyond this world and its containment of hostile spiritual forces for granted. While the post-Enlightenment world does not, the "dark spiritual forces" can be seen as "symbols ...
[53] [54] However, 'abortion appears as an option for Jewish women from the earliest sources of the Bible and Mishnaic commentary', [55] [56] where the Talmud indicates that a mother's life is prioritised if her life or wellbeing is put at risk by the child, thereby permitting abortion. [54]
The concept of ahimsa also includes Karma, which recognizes that killing is an example of bad karma and that killing for revenge is seen as counterproductive. [3] It is believed that even the lives of murderers have value. There is a strong focus on rehabilitation and killing people takes away their opportunity be helped. [5]