Karma is defined as the affect of any act, religious or otherwise, it is the law of cause and effect, regulating ones future life; inevitable retribution. Karma is a Brahmanic idea developed by the Buddhists. Some believe that karma is moral cause and effect. Basically karma is the idea of “what goes around comes around”, whether it is negative or positive. Buddhism and Hinduism feel that karma determines the nature of a person’s next existence.
I was skeptical towards the word Karma because of its association with Buddhist and Hindu beliefs. My religion, Christianity, completely discredits both religions. That is why I am hesitant in using the word karma to describe the cliché “what goes around comes around”. The media gives off a hippie generalization of karma. When I think of this generalization, Woodstock, flower power, and groovy baby co
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I figured that my suspension was punishment for all the cheating that I had gotten away with. He cannot get a job and he did not attend college. Karma to me is real, it happens everyday. This time I really was not cheating, but it looked like I was. Christians also believe that what you do in this life will affect where you end up in the next life. I feel that we are all predestined, that our lives are planned for us. I really felt that what I did came back to me. Melvin was a horrible child growing up.
Now that I know and understand the definition of karma, I do believe that it exists. He would steal, lie, skip school, and curse out my parents. For example after the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, we in turn bombed Hiroshima. I did not call it karma; I just thought it was God punishing me for what I had done all year. As a freshman in high school I cheated so much on everything.
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