In Buddhist teaching, the law of Karma states the following: "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." The video "The Beach" demonstrates very good examples of the two events.
             A skillful event is one that is not caused by craving, resistance or delusions. In the video, Etienne demonstrated an exemplary skillful event when he rushed out to save the fishermen who had been attacked by the sharks. Etienne's event was skillful because he rushed out the help the others in their desperate time of need without any personal gain, except maybe saving the lives of his friends.
             An unskillful event is one that is caused by craving resistance or delusions. Richard demonstrates unskillful events throughout the video. A few examples of Richard's unskillful events, or mistakes, are when he cheated on Francoise with Sal, when he went to Copanyang, when he made a copy of the "secret" map for the stoners, and when he stole Francoise from Etienne. All of these actions had severe effects later on. Richard's relationship with Francoise deteriorated after the trip to Copanyang because Francoise found out about his night with Sal. The stoners came to the beach and Richard had to stay away from the camp and wait for their arrival. Richard also lost his friendship with Etienne because of stealing his girlfriend.
             Karma is based on the theory of cause and effect. Although is doesn't exactly fit the definition of supernatural phenomenon, it is a spriritual 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 behaviour.
             In conclusion, Karma is the concept that every thought, every action that we create sets a consequence. Everything that we do will produce effe...