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  2. Karma - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  3. Karma in Buddhism - Wikipedia

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    Karma (Sanskrit: कर्म, Pāli: kamma) is a Sanskrit term that literally means "action" or "doing". In the Buddhist tradition, karma refers to action driven by intention ( cetanā ) which leads to future consequences.

  4. Karma in Hinduism - Wikipedia

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    According to a theistic view, the effects of one's bad karma may be mitigated. Examples of how bad karma can be mitigated include the following virtue, or living virtuously; performing good deeds, such as helping others; yoga, or worshiping God to receive grace; and conducting pilgrimages to sacred places, such as or to get the grace of God. [53]

  5. Nishkama Karma - Wikipedia

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    The opposite of Sakama Karma (action with desire), [8] Nishkama Karma has been variously explained as 'Duty for duty's sake' [9] and as 'Detached Involvement', which is neither negative attitude nor indifference; and has today found many advocates in the modern business area where the emphasis has shifted to ethical business practices adhering to intrinsic human values and reducing stress at ...

  6. Karma in Tibetan Buddhism - Wikipedia

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    Thinking is mind karma, and so forth with body or voice action which is revealing. Contaminated action in samsara causes either happiness or suffering. When karma causes an effect in nirvana, the truth of the path then is called uncontaminated action. In a single life, it is the seeing karma, resulting in ripening in the current life.

  7. Karma in Jainism - Wikipedia

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    Karma is the basic principle within an overarching psycho-cosmology in Jainism.Human moral actions form the basis of the transmigration of the soul ().The soul is constrained to a cycle of rebirth, trapped within the temporal world (), until it finally achieves liberation ().

  8. Here's How Karma Will Shake Up Your Life When Saturn ... - AOL

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    "Positive karma could now be paid off, but dark actions — especially in the form of hidden enemies and anxieties — could be here to haunt you," he puts forth. "You may also be reflective and ...

  9. Buddhist ethics - Wikipedia

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    In the Buddhist conception, Karma can refer to a certain type of moral action which has moral consequences on the actor. [21] The core of karma is the mental intention, and hence the Buddha stated "It is intention (cetana), O monks, that I call karma; having willed one acts through body, speech, or mind" (AN 6.63). Therefore, accidentally ...