karma
(karma)
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| (Language: Sanskrit) |
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kamma (Pali), karman |
| Short Description: |
action; the effects of past actions; the law of cause and effect ("as a man sows, so shall he reap") |
| Long Description: |
action; the effects of past actions; the law of cause and effect ("as a man sows, so shall he reap"); of three kinds: (1) sanchita karma: actions of the past that have yet to bear fruit in the present life; (2) prārabdha karma: actions of the past that bear fruit in the present life; and (3) āgāmi karma :actions of the present that have still, by the law of cause and effect, to bear fruit in the future. |
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Lamp of Non-Dual Knowledge, Cream of Liberation Translated by Swami Sri Ramanananda Saraswathi |
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