Iroquois Pliskin
06-02-2007, 01:12
Karma (Sanskrit (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanskrit) kárman (http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/karman) "act, action, performance"[1] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karma#_note-0); Pāli (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C4%81li) kamma) is the concept of "action" or "deed" in Dharmic religions (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dharmic_religions), understood as a term to denote the entire cycle of cause and effect (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cause_and_effect) as described in the philosophies of Hinduism (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinduism) and Buddhism (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhism).
Karma is a sum of all that an individual has done, is currently doing and will do. The results or "fruits" of actions are called karma-phala. Karma is not about retribution, vengeance, punishment or reward. Karma simply deals with what is. The effects of all deeds actively create past, present and future experiences, thus making one responsible for one's own life, and the pain and joy it brings to others. In religions that incorporate reincarnation (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reincarnation), karma extends through one's present life and all past and future lives as well.
Reincarnation, literally "to be made flesh again", as a doctrine or mystical (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mysticism) belief holds the notion that some essential part of a living being (or in some variations, only human beings (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_being)) survives death (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death) in some form, with its integrity partly or wholly retained, to be reborn in a new body. This part is often referred to as the Spirit (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirit) or Soul (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soul), the 'Higher or True Self', 'Divine Spark', 'I' or the 'Ego' (not to be confused with the ego (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ego) as defined by psychology).
In such beliefs, a new personality (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personality) is developed during each life in the physical world (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World), based upon past integrated experience and new acquired experiences, but some part of the being remains constantly present throughout these successive lives as well. It is usually believed that there is interaction between predeterminism (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Predeterminism) of certain experiences, or lessons intended to happen during the physical life, and the free-will (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free-will) action of the individual as they live that life.
Im just curious.. seen anyone you know come back from death or is it near death?
Karma is a sum of all that an individual has done, is currently doing and will do. The results or "fruits" of actions are called karma-phala. Karma is not about retribution, vengeance, punishment or reward. Karma simply deals with what is. The effects of all deeds actively create past, present and future experiences, thus making one responsible for one's own life, and the pain and joy it brings to others. In religions that incorporate reincarnation (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reincarnation), karma extends through one's present life and all past and future lives as well.
Reincarnation, literally "to be made flesh again", as a doctrine or mystical (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mysticism) belief holds the notion that some essential part of a living being (or in some variations, only human beings (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_being)) survives death (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death) in some form, with its integrity partly or wholly retained, to be reborn in a new body. This part is often referred to as the Spirit (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirit) or Soul (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soul), the 'Higher or True Self', 'Divine Spark', 'I' or the 'Ego' (not to be confused with the ego (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ego) as defined by psychology).
In such beliefs, a new personality (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personality) is developed during each life in the physical world (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World), based upon past integrated experience and new acquired experiences, but some part of the being remains constantly present throughout these successive lives as well. It is usually believed that there is interaction between predeterminism (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Predeterminism) of certain experiences, or lessons intended to happen during the physical life, and the free-will (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free-will) action of the individual as they live that life.
Im just curious.. seen anyone you know come back from death or is it near death?