Karma

Concept in Asian religions such as Hinduism and Buddhism that are sympathetic to the idea of reincarnation.

Karma is held to represent the "balance" of good/bad acts we have performed in this lifetime and others.

Performing meritorious acts results in rebirth into a higher station, such as a superior human being or a godlike being, while evil acts result in rebirth as a human born into more undesireable circumstances, or as a lower animal.

While the action of karma may be compared with the Western? notions of sin and judgment by God or gods, karma is held to operate as an inherent principle of the Universe without the intervention of any supernatural being.

Life is a cycle of conceptual rebirths evident in what can be defined as consciousness. Far from being a strictly action/reaction agent, karma is at work during our physical lives albeit in an unfathomable manner at times (ie. great beings who suffer much).

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