What is work karma?

According to the Buddhist tradition, karma is the total effect of a person’s actions during successive phases of existence. Whether or not you believe in reincarnation, practicing good karma at work can only help you, for most people see the consequences of their behavior play out in this life.

What is the difference between karma and karmic?

Karma leads to future consequences, karma-phala, “fruit of action”. Any given action may cause all sorts of results, but the karmic results are only those results which are a consequence of both the moral quality of the action, and of the intention behind the action.

Why does karma and dharma matter?

Building on the eternal concept of atman, karma is the belief that a person’s actions in life will determine their fate in the next life. With the belief in karma, Hinduism holds firmly to dharma, the moral force that orders the universe.

Does karma affect dharma?

Karma is cyclical in nature. So in order to maintain our dharma, we perform the karma (the action), that we feel is required to take place on our part to uphold our dharma, in alignment with our higher self.

What causes karma?

The Buddha taught about karmic ‘conditioning’, which is a process by which a person’s nature is shaped by their moral actions. Every action we take molds our characters for the future. Both positive and negative traits can become magnified over time as we fall into habits. All of these cause us to acquire karma.

Who is God of karma?

Although souls alone have the freedom and responsibility for their acts and thus reap the fruits of karma, i.e., good and evil karma, God as Vishnu, is the supreme Enforcer of karma, by acting as the Sanctioner (Anumanta) and the Overseer (Upadrasta).

What is the opposite of karma?

‘akarma’ is the opposite of ‘karma’. In Sanskrit, karma means action. akarma means inaction.

What is another name for karma?

karma. kismet. predestination. predetermination. what is in the books.