Karma is bullsh!t

[RaDragon]

Originally posted by: Kev

Originally posted by: RaDragon
"In Buddhist teaching, the law of karma, says only this: `for every event that occurs, there will follow another event whose existence was caused by the first, and this second event will be pleasant or unpleasant according as its cause was skillful or unskillful.' A skillful event is one that is not accompanied by craving, resistance or delusions; an unskillful event is one that is accompanied by any one of those things. (Events are not skillful in themselves, but are so called only in virtue of the mental events that occur with them.)
Therefore, the law of Karma teaches that responsibility for unskillful actions is born by the person who commits them. " - Source.

More info about Karma-- read Western-based interpretation.

So basically, all you need is skills... bowhunting skills, computer hacking skills, nunchuk skills, and you will have good karma

You forget ninja skills! You have to have ninja skills

 

[rh71]

Originally posted by: Jehovah
People need a sense of justice in the world they live in. That's all.

and faith... and neither are real until it happens.

 

[Cerpin Taxt]

Karma is not about justice. Karma is not about penance or rewards. Karma is not even about good or evil. Karma is simply what describes the tendency for reincarnational entities to seek balanced experiences, or in other terms "diverse" experiences.

One life may be experienced in luxurious affluence, and another may be experienced in squalor, for example. One lifetime may be spent as a woman, and another as a man. No situation is thrust upon the individual, but rather each is explored deliberately. To know about an apple, one must explore its top as well as its bottom. So it is with Karma. Karma is sorta like life explored "from all angles."

There are no rules to Karma, and Karma does not "bind" anyone. Rather it says, "your personal living circumstances are not an accident, but part of a greater whole of experience. You find yourself where you do today because the greater self that you are has sought out your experiences to contribute to its and your overall fulfillment."

Of course all of this presumes a reincarnational paradigm and whatnot, but I'm just trying to make sense of what Karma really is in its own context. It is quite improper to project western concepts of sin, atonement, redemption, crime and punishment onto Karma when it is really a much deeper concept that won't fit neatly into those familiar comparments.

-Garth

 

[y2kc]

see sig. you're in big trouble buddy.

 

[acemcmac]

Originally posted by: alien42
karma seems quite logical to me. balance is universal as is cause and effect.

agreed

 

[So]

Originally posted by: acemcmac

Originally posted by: alien42
karma seems quite logical to me. balance is universal as is cause and effect.

agreed

Except for the part where it doesn't exist. It'd be nice though.

 

[zerocool1]

Originally posted by: alien42
karma seems quite logical to me. balance is universal as is cause and effect.

I think its more complicated than that, there are elements it being based on choice and more specifically motive.

 

[GroundZero]

for every action there is an equal and oposite reaction, so do evil and good will come your way

 

[BatmanNate]

Part of the problem some of you have with Karma is rooted in perception. Karma does not guarantee that no harm will come to you if you consistantly deal in good instead of evil nor does in ensure the opposite. You can have plenty of good Karma and get hit by a bus, or be a total prick and be elected president of the US of A.

The point is, every decision you make will have impact, and if you're a prick but still manage to find good fortune now and then, it does not allow you to ignore the consequences of the bad decisions you've made and how those have shaped others view of you, and your view of yourself which will impact your life. Likewise if you're a benevolent person, even in dire straits due to forces out of your control, people will be more willing to help you.

All Karma represents in modern western culture is the idea that personal responsibility will shape the course of your life, the way that people treat you and you look at yourself often is congruent with your deeds. The idea was common sense before it was anybody's religion, no need to despise it on that basis.