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A 3 page examination and discussion of karma. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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most people associate it with the belief that if someone does bad things eventually bad things will happen to them. But, there is more to karma than that and one
must also perhaps understand its religious foundations if they are to know what karma is all about. The following paper examines karma. Karma Karma is ultimately a very universal
theme, but its foundations are more often than not seen in the Hindu religion, although it is also an integral part of other religions as well such as Buddhism. The
religious concept, however, is primarily the same. One author notes that, "The theory of karma harps on the Newtonian principle that every action produces an equal and opposite reaction. Every
time we think or do something, we create a cause, which in time will bear its corresponding effects" (Das, 2007). For the religious foundations this is often associated with previous
lives as well as a present life. In previous lives a person accumulates good and bad karma and so each life deals with the good and bad consequences of the
karma. Karma is not necessarily something that is accidental for it involves conscious thought. Karma is not associated with involuntary reactions or functions but rather with conscious thought. The
best, and most positive form, of karma involves being selfless and doing something for others without thought to oneself and what one may be gaining through their actions (Das, 2007).
This is called satvik karma (Das, 2007). There is "the rajasik karma, which is selfish where the focus is on gains for oneself; and the tamasik karma, which is undertaken
without heed to consequences, and is supremely selfish and savage" (Das, 2007). It would become clear that any conscious action would eventually result in similar effects at the individual
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