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Do you believe that karma is real?

do you believe that karma is real?

  • Total voters
    24
  • Poll closed .
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Desert Snake

Veteran Member
Karma here is defined by say, someone has a bad occurrence, etc., is that karma from a past life. This is not relating to mundane things, like being mean to someone, so their mean to you, etc.
 
Orbital

Orbital

Member
Assuming the existence of these "past lives" it is trivial that a bad occurrence may be due to some action from a past life. After having established the existence of these past lives, one would have to justify a more than mere random causal chain emanating from past lives that lead to the current life. I see no reason for this to be the case, nor how the assumption required for this scenario should be assumed.
 
Nada

Nada

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I do not believe in Karma.The first time I ever heard the word was when I was a young boy in the early 80's.

 
Breathe

Breathe

Hostis humani generis
Yes but not quite how people see it. Special snowflake answer here. :p

I believe in a sort of karma as an inevitability in some ways, with mystical udnertones, I guess.
But no reincarnation or rebirth.

Hey, I said special snowflake. :D
 
nazz

nazz

Doubting Thomas
disciple said:
Karma here is defined by say, someone has a bad occurrence, etc., is that karma from a past life. This is not relating to mundane things, like being mean to someone, so their mean to you, etc.
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Based on your definition, no.
 
LuisDantas

LuisDantas

Aura of atheification
Premium Member
disciple said:
Karma here is defined by say, someone has a bad occurrence, etc., is that karma from a past life. This is not relating to mundane things, like being mean to someone, so their mean to you, etc.
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In that sense, no, certainly not.

Then again, I don't think that is a proper way of believing in Karma. Karma is not supernatural, IMO, and it is adharmic to treat it as if it were.
 
U

Unveiled Artist

Veteran Member
disciple said:
Karma here is defined by say, someone has a bad occurrence, etc., is that karma from a past life. This is not relating to mundane things, like being mean to someone, so their mean to you, etc.
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Id say yes. Given our spirits dont die and this is just another phase in life, one phase always reflects the next. One continuum.
 
Twilight Hue

Twilight Hue

Twilight, not bright nor dark, good nor bad.
disciple said:
Karma here is defined by say, someone has a bad occurrence, etc., is that karma from a past life. This is not relating to mundane things, like being mean to someone, so their mean to you, etc.
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Karma is not a caste system nor a cosmic scorecard with pinwheels reflecting some notion of an ongoing continuation linking a life to another in that manner. That's why it requires a belief. So no.

I regard karma as simply cause and effect like ringing bells.
 
Jainarayan

Jainarayan

ॐ नमो भगवते वासुदेवाय
Staff member
Premium Member
I believe in karma, but not necessarily in the Hindu or Buddhist sense. It is not unlike wyrd and orlog in Heathenism. The universe is like a big tapestry. It has been woven, but it can be added to with new embroidery or threads can be removed or changed. What all beings do affects the entire tapestry. But while the basic fabric is there, it can be altered. There are only two states: the past and what is becoming, there is no future. Hence the reason that what is to come can be changed. That's my view of karma and its effects.
 
Aupmanyav

Aupmanyav

Be your own guru
disciple said:
This is not relating to mundane things, like being mean to someone, so their mean to you, etc.
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Even that is karma, and this tooth-for-tooth policy spoils the karma for both persons. Minus points for being mean. If one can believe in God/Gods/Goddesses/Messiahs/Messengers/Prophets/Saints, judgment, deliverance, heaven and hell; then why believing in 'karma' should be considered strange. What is judgment? That too is the result of karmas (karma-phala, the fruit of action, as we say here). Christianity and Islam also believe in that.

Oh, I do not believe in all that. I am an strong atheist. The 'karmic' carrot and sword was designed by the Indian society here to keep the people on track.
Maponos said:
No, I believe in fate.
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Fate is a mix of probability and chance (Heisenberg). :)
 
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Satyamavejayanti

Satyamavejayanti

Well-Known Member
disciple said:
Karma here is defined by say, someone has a bad occurrence, etc., is that karma from a past life. This is not relating to mundane things, like being mean to someone, so their mean to you, etc.
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I vote yes, but not because of your definition of it, which i think is not a correct (Hindu at least) understanding of Karm.
 
ratikala

ratikala

Istha gosthi
namaskaram

Im voting yes , ....allthough I agree that karma is much missunderstood , ...karma is the action and as Aupmanyav ji says it is the Karmaphala , ..the fruit of the action that we refere to here as Karma , of course also there are many kinds of fruit , ...but as a Buddhist says , ...one canot have action without a reaction , ...this is simple cause and efect , ....so whether one beleives in reincarnation in any way , or not , one still canot rule out cause and effect or action and reaction .

but Karma is action with intent , .....it is this action that bears a reaction , ....however if one is simply fulfilling ones duty this is often refered to as Niskarma and does not bear a reaction , ....

and I am in total agreement with this karmaphala being a part of the process through which we spiritualy develop , even down to us being born with different aptitudes and the inclination some have to wards faith , ....
 
ratikala

ratikala

Istha gosthi
Namaskaram Diciple ji

disciple said:
Karma here is defined by say, someone has a bad occurrence, etc., is that karma from a past life. This is not relating to mundane things, like being mean to someone, so their mean to you, etc.
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correct in some respects yes , ....for instace I have had some amazing oppertunities in my life , ...just happened to be there at the right time andin the right place , everything falls into place beyond ones wildest dreams , ..then another time we can try so hard with the best intention and something just wont work , ...it is like square peg that wont fit in the round hole , ....because that is not what is meant for you , .....a plum will not grow on the pear tree so to speak , ....

but Karma it self is the action what people are often talking about when they say Karma is the fruit of that action , ....
 
LuisDantas

LuisDantas

Aura of atheification
Premium Member
disciple said:
Why would you state that the definition I gave is wrong, then not supply the ''right'' one
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So you are not aware of it?

Karma is just a name for the nature and consequences of good and evil.

It is its self-destructive nature that defines evil.

Likewise, it is their affinity for nurture and healing that characterizes good acts and intents.

Attempting to project mysterious, conscious "higher powers" into such simple concepts is simply not a good idea.
 
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