Karma, what is it? What exactly does it mean to have bad Karma? How can bad or good Karma be achieved? Is Karma real? Many people have argued both sides of the last question. Advocates of Karma believe the happiness in people's lives comes from the Karma they generate. Some go to the extent of basing every decision on the idea of Karma. Others believe in a more limited way and they do not let Karma control their lives. If Karma does exist, then our actions truly do have consequences and the bad things we do will come back to haunt us.
             The doctrine of Karma is a spiritual doctrine based on the theory of cause and effect. Although Karma does not exactly fit the definition of supernatural phenomenon, it is a spiritual doctrine based on the philosophy that God is not responsible for the happiness or failure of an individual; rather, we as individuals are solely responsible for the consequences of our own behavior. 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.
             Karma originated from the Eastern Hemisphere. There, Karma was based on the idea of reincarnation. Basically, after someone died, they would then come back to life as someone or something else. They would be born as a new person or a new animal. Karma was the deciding factor on where they would be placed, and if that position in life was desirable. If they were good people in the previous life and performed good acts, they would be put in a good position in their next life. If they were bad people and performed evil acts, they would be put in a bad position in the next life. Kar
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