Definitions of karma:
o (Hinduism and Buddhism) the effects of a person's actions that
determine his destiny in his next incarnation
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o Karma (Sanskrit: à¤à¤°à¥à¤® , '' "act, action, performance";
Pali: kamma'') in Indian religions is the concept of "action" or "deed",
understood as that which causes the entire cycle of cause and effect
(i.e., the cycle called saá¹sÄra) originating in ancient India
and treated in Hindu, Jain, Sikh and ...
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o Karma is a concept in Hinduism which explains causality through a
system where beneficial effects are derived from past beneficial actions
and harmful effects from past harmful actions, creating a system of
actions and reactions throughout a souls's reincarnated lives forming a
cycle of rebirth. ...
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--- In Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com, Anthony Wu <wu...@...> wrote:
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> No, in Buddhism, karma is your action. Like in Newton's laws, once an
action is done, there is certainly a reaction coming. > You cannot
'surpass' your karma by sitting chan. If that was true, why not take an
easier way of going to church and ask a pedophilic priest to absolve
you? >Anthony
Hi JMJM, What is meant by the high-lighted sentence below? Is it a
teaching of the Buddha? --ED Hi Ed,
That's a description most valuable to the author.
What we teach is, through Sitting Chan, as we gradually surpass the
three karmic hindrances -- body, mind and spirit -- then we can witness
or experience ourselves.
Perhaps you have heard the statement about Chan, "It simply could not
be described?"
:-)
JMJM, Like this: http://www.ahastories.com/whenwillibelivin.html
<http://www.ahastories.com/whenwillibelivin.html> Ã ? --ED
> Hi Ed,
>
> Thank you. However, if I may point out...
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> Every path is a path. Xin Xin Ming stated well...
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> "The way is not hard, if we don't pick or choose.."
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> Just live and die as is...
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> :-)
>
> Be Enlightened In This Life - We ALL Can
> http://chanjmjm.blogspot.com <http://chanjmjm.blogspot.com/>
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