Do You believe on Karama?

[Burtuc]

Well I do for i've doone some good things and in certain ways good things have happend to me. What do you guys think?

[Mitch]

I don't see why not

[kikimm]

You mean karma, don't you?


And to answer the question....I don't know. Not really. I think people confuse karma with just regular ol life. Sometimes you get whats coming, sometimes you don't. Eh.

[XxSephirothxX]

I believe in life and death. Beyond that, I'm not really too sure.

[Shlup]

I believe in the western idea of karma (that good things happen as a result of good things and vice versa) but I don't know about the original idea of karma (good deeds in this life will be rewarded in the next) because I don't know about the whole reincarnation thing.

[Raistlin]

I don't believe in any sort of supreme control of karma - meaning, I don't believe that doing good mysteriously makes good things happen to you. However, I do believe that if you do good, good things will <i>naturally</i> happen to you.

[Yamaneko]

Bad things happen to bad people because they constantly put themselves in situations where bad things can happen to them.

[eestlinc]

I believe you make the bed you sleep in, and if you piss off enough people eventually that will come around and bite you in the ass. Likewise, if you treat people well, others will be more likely to help you. If that counts as karma then I guess I believe in it.

[Tifa Lockheart]

I don't believe in Karma. I think whatever happens happens... I've seen good people get hurt and I've see bad people get the glory they don't deserve.

I do believe in karma in the sense that if one does good things, then they will get a good reputation compared to if they do bad things.

[Yamaneko]

Yeah, but there's no divine intervention.

[Hawkeye]

Karma, the Jewish thing right?

[Yamaneko]

More like that Hindu, Buddhist, and Janist thing, but the concept has spilled over into Western culture, in a somewhat simplified manner.

[Shlup]

I don't believe that doing good mysteriously makes good things happen to you. However, I do believe that if you do good, good things will <i>naturally</i> happen to you.

I don't see the difference.

[Raistlin]

I don't believe that doing good mysteriously makes good things happen to you. However, I do believe that if you do good, good things will <i>naturally</i> happen to you.

I don't see the difference.

Because the former suggests that there is no logical relationship between the deed and the..."reward"("good karma," I guess), and that it was bestowed by a mysterious force in return for doing something that it judged to be "good."
The latter suggests that if you do good things that you know are good things, you will not only benefit yourself automatically by gaining a sense of self-worth and moral judgment(integrity), but you also get the benefit of everybody else knowing you act consistently in such a manner. Trust and respect work a long way - especially if that trust and respect is in yourself.

[Peegee]

A very specific and limited view of what karma is about is somewhat accurate, in that if you are honest, good, well behaved, and so forth, you naturally will stay away from the opposite elements, thus resulting in further good or continual good, depending on whatever.

To think that Karma implies a earthly 'heaven' element however is not true, nor I believe accurate to karmic beliefs.

In either case, I do not subscribe to either view.