WHAT IS KARMA?

Karma in Sanskrit means an action, work, or deed, and its

effect or consequences. in Indian religions, the term more
specifically refers to a principle of cause and effect, often
descriptively called the principle of karma, where in intent
and actions of an individual (cause) influence the future of
that individual (effect): good intent and good deeds
contribute to good karma and happier rebirths, while bad
intent and bad deeds contribute to bad karma and bad
rebirths. As per some scripture, there is no link of rebirths
with karma.

IS KARMA AN INFINITE
LOOP?
Means action, to do something. Here, action refers to not
only physical activity but also includes any mental actions.
We can say that karma happens through actions, words,
and even thoughts. Considering the principle of cause and
effect, any action performed through whichever means will
have an impact. It is justified that good deeds must yield
good results and evil deeds yield wrong results, and karma
theory follows the same. Now, how do we classify any
action as good or bad? This topic is again very relative.
Everyone has a different view of good and bad deeds.
Broadly we can say good karma brings around positive
impact and bad karma bring around negative implications.
Be it good or bad karma; the karma cycle is responsible for
placing a soul into endless infinite loops of birth and death.
The expectations of rewards attached to good deeds are
like a trap connecting one to people, places, and events.
These expectations, whether fulfilled or not, in
turn, generates more karma. Thus, this goes into an
endless loop. Death is like dropping the physical sheath,
which remains attached to the soul in the physical plane.
However, the mental, astral, and causal bodies continue to
exist along with lifetimes ‘impressions, feelings, and
memories.

KARMA- A MATTER OF
FAITH
Karma is a belief that comes from Hinduism and Buddhism.
It teaches that eventually you get what you give, good or
bad. It’s a reasonable idea. In fact, we’ve adopted it into
our culture quite nicely. Evidence of that is found in the
usage of karmic idioms like “what goes around comes
around,” “tit for tat,” and “you reap what you sow”. In
religions such as Hinduism and Buddhism, karma is
the belief that your actions in this life affect all your future
lives. Karma and rebirth is integral to Hinduism and other
Indic faiths such as Buddhism and Jainism. It is also closely
tied to the Hindu doctrine of dharma. Together, dharma
and karma form the core of the Hindu philosophy and its
world view. describing separately and without a complete
and holistic understanding of such interconnected notions
results in faulty interpretation,misconceptions,and
misrepresentation

DOCTRINE OF KARMA
The doctrine of karma is defined as the result of an
individual’s intentional action through body, speech, or
mind. One of the most powerful assumptions of the
doctrine of karma is that one is in complete control of
his/her fate or destiny. Whatever happens to an individual
is a predictable outcome of his/her own choices over time.
Rebirth, on the other hand, assumes that life does not end
at the death of the physical body and the result of one’s
action can be felt in the next lives to come .sansara is the
natural cycle of birth, death, and rebirth. The freedom from
this cycle is moksha, one of the four purusharthas, objects
of human pursuit .the doctrine of ‘karma’ is based on the
following beliefs and assumptions

THE ASSUMPTIONS:
 Definite result
 Indestructibility
 nesscaity of rebirth
 Belief in the immortality of the self
 Determination of general condition of life
 Supremacy of karma
 karma vipak
PHILOSOPHY OF KARMA
The philosophy of karma stated in its most essential form
is “as you sew, so shall you reap.” “Every action causes an
equal and opposite reaction.” each action is a seed
planted, which comes to fruition according to time. Every
second we perform an action. We are encouraged to be
very aware of and monitor the quality of each thought,
word and act as they emerge through us. Thoughts, words
and deeds fall on a wide spectrum between pure and
impure. The consequences occur in the immediate short
term, mid-term and long term. they affect your body,
mind, wealth, relationships, circumstances, and
opportunities etc. all actions are performed in the context
of the consequences of previous actions, which are often
unknown to us due to being performed in the distant
past of another life time. Sometimes we do not see the
connections, and do not recognize that we are
experiencing the consequences of a wrong action, or set of
actions, we did, or are continuing to do, in this life. In the
western tradition we tend to think of sin as an individual
action. in by knowledge we look at a tendency or series of
similar actions as the sin, bearing in mind that it is very rare
to do something only once, hence the connection between
karma and sanskaras
.
THE RATIONAL OF SPIRITUAL HEALING karma is
action and consequence of action. It implies that we are
born as consequence of past action and thought. Action
comes also in terms of thoughts. This life has a cause and
what we do in this life will have a consequence in the
future. So, we have to see the big picture to understand
your life at the present. There is a reason for certain things
to happen that way, and there is a way you can then get
out of it, alleviating it. Karma comes from desire and desire
comes from ignorance, i.e. not knowing who you are, so
you would just project an idea of who you are. You need to
understand that you are already everything, complete and
whole, you are the immortal self, satchidananda atman
.remember the self. You know that nobody can hurt you.
Nobody can touch you. It’s only the cosmic play. Really, you
are untouched and you’re unhurt. The journey of life is the
journey purification for you to get to understand this truth.
You keep thinking that you are this limited self and
therefore have plenty of desire which continuously will
create new karma. And you keep evolving in the cycle of
karma we call the wheel of birth and death which never
ends. The main thing to remedy to karma is the karma yoga
attitude. It’s not about other people. When you do karma
yoga, it’s not that you do service to other people. of
course, you have to have an attitude of service and of love,
but really you are working out your karma, it is for
yourself. it is the smartest way to turn your karma to
dharma. karma is that which binds you because of your
inherited tendency of thinking in the past, and dharma is
that which liberates you by the right thinking about your
duty and what you are supposed to be doing in this life .for
example, before you feel that lying and manipulating a
situation will be to your advantage. That’s your pattern,
that’s the way you think. Now, you were given the same
situation but you choose honesty and straightforwardness
and you find strength in having good character, even
though you might be tempted to cheat away and nobody
would know, but you will choose a different ethical
attitude, to honour your duty and your responsibility. This
is the way you work out and heal your karma.

THREE GUIDELINES ON
HOW TO HEAL KARMA.
HEALING IS TO RESTORE
WHOLENESS
.

 Consciously, care about your present duty:-

Everyone has a specific duty in life You consciously do the best
you can to fulfil your duties, not following the likes and
dislikes of your subconscious mind. You exercise your
conscious choice and turn karma to dharma

 be detached and be the observer:-Assert your immortal

self: it means, while in action, in the battlefield of life,
when the karma is pulling you down and it is
difficult, keep your head above water and keep an eye
on your self- realization goal, on your fulfilment. Keep
thinking: “i am satchidananda, and I’m actually
progressing.”
 We need to accept all tests and challenges in this life as
only temporary:- with karma, we have to accept, not run
away. if you do so, the karma will move through faster
and will not create so much damage and suffering and
imprint in your mind.

(BHAGAVATGEETA
REFRENCE)
Lord Krishna was a leading embodiment of karma yoga. He
led a worldly existence while never forgetting his
responsibility to defend dharma and save the world from
sin and injustice. He fully supported intrinsic worth without
being caught up in the material world’s charm or exhibiting
any prejudice and bias. Furthermore, he aided the
pandavas to terminate injustice and reinstate dharma in
the universe, which was in decline at that time. Krishna had
no personal stake in the war. He had even sworn that he
would lift no weapon or display any physical prowess, no
matter how long the battle endures. He did not gain any
personal benefit from the war, instead, that war had an
impact directly on society and its karmic direction as a
whole. He put the core concepts of karma yoga into effect
when he committed to these actions and took those
decisions. When we read the chapter in Bhargava gita
where Krishna had shown Arjuna his ultimate form, Krishna
admitted that he had already foreseen the outcome of the
war and that his only role was to assist in the unfolding of
the divine plan. Krishna’s karma yoga is reflected
prevalently in all his teachings throughout the bhagavad
gita and its slokas. None of us can escape karma, however
with the guidance of karma sanyasa yoga, one can escape
the repercussions that may arise resultantly. this is the
wisdom that the Bhagavad-Gita provides us-the Bhagavad
gita emphasizes knowledge-based action and ‘sanyas’ as a
way of accomplishing freedom from the repercussions of
one’s deeds. ‘sanyas’ refers to the
Abandonment of desire-driven activity, whereas ‘tyag’
refers to the surrender of the deed’s fruit. Both attributes
Are found in a genuine karma yogi. Not someone who
surrenders action or the hallowed fire, but the pure
sanyasi is the one who executes his labour without
anticipating the result of his activities

POSITIVE EFFECTS OF
KARMA
An action, good or bad, gives experience. And through
experience, comes learning. The concept of karma
enlightens the knowledge of life and gives strength to
overcome difficult situation. It helps people to choose the
righteous path and to work toward welfare activities for
needy and poor. Karma increases awareness concerning
the result of bad deeds. Hence, while experiencing positive
karma, people keep performing welfare activities and
achieve strength and patience to fight challenges in future.
In addition, it enhances an accountability of an action and
gives opportunity to learn from mistakes and make
amends.

SOUL EVOLUTION:-
Every good deed one undertake in any life time
contributes in the evolution of soul. These good deeds
benefits in next life. When a soul grows to perfection, it
stops reincarnating and merges with the supreme, who
created the entire universe. With merging, a soul achieves
nirvana i.e. freedom from the circle of birth and dean
action, good or bad, gives experience. And through
experience, comes learning. The concept of karma
enlightens the knowledge of life and gives strength to
overcome difficult situation. It helps people to choose the
righteous path and to work toward welfare activities for
needy and poor. Karma increases awareness concerning
the result of bad deeds. Hence, while experiencing positive
karma, people keep performing welfare activities and
achieve strength and patience to fight challenges in future.
In addition, it enhances an accountability of an action and
gives opportunity to learn from mistakes and make
amends.
Punishment as an agent of karma, be guilty? This question
stays unanswered and is debatable a decision of
performing a certain action stays in an Individual’s hands.
At times, circumstances might go bleak Due to poor deeds.
But the negative effects of karma lessens by examining
things happening in a life and staying positive and moral.
Karma isn’t a punishment but learning. every human being
possess an invaluable gift of making a choice to act good
or bad, which no other species on this earth own. One must
make a correct use of it.

LAW OF KARMA
AND REINCARNATION

Also known as the law of cause and effect, karma is

the cyclic mechanism, structured on the basis of
outstanding accounts, which governs the life of human
beings in their different lives on the face of the earth. Its
philosophy starts on the premise that the soul has a
particular history and travels in time through different
bodies, both animal and human.
This “biography” of souls contains all the good
And bad actions they have done in their different paths,
and therefore is a kind of continuous assessment of the
decisions made in each of the past lives. From these
individual stories, each person has a karmic burden which
will carry in this life, and according to which their actions
will take a new meaning; hence the importance of
reflecting on our actions

LAW OF ACTION AND

REACTION

The law of causation or of karma includes the law

that the like produces the like, or that every action must
be followed by a reaction of similar nature. If i strike a blow
on the table, the table will react upon me with similar
force. If i strike harder, i shall receive harder blow in return.
As on the physical plane, soon the finer mental plane, all
mental actions produce similar reactions. Motives, desires,
thoughts and other mental functions being subject to the
same law, produce good, bad or mixed results according to
the nature of those mental activities. as all the mental
activities determine the character of the individual ego, or
the worker, we can easily classify the workers as good , bad
or mixed .the character of an individual is again subject to
the law of karma because, it is the aggregate of a large
number of minute activities of the mind-substance to
which we give different names such as desires, tendencies,
thoughts, ideas and impressions; every one of which is
governed by the law of action and reaction. Each character
or personality is the grand total result of previous mental
actions, and is also the cause of future changes in
the character.in the chain of cause and effect, it can be
shown that each effect is latent in the cause and each cause
is latent in the effect, applying the same law we can
understand that every form of character is in itself a cause
as well as an effect. The law of karma inculcates this grand
truth of nature, that cause lies in the effect and effect is
also latent in the cause. For instance, a seed contains the
whole tree potentially and produces the tree, and the tree
produces the seed again. With the help of this great truth
we can easily explain why a character is good or bad, or
why one individual behaves in this way or that, or why one
suffers and is miserable, while another enjoys his life and
is happy. We do not have to blame our parents for our
misery and sufferings. It is our own karma that produces its
results in the form of joy or sorrow, pleasure or pain,
happiness or unhappiness. It is compensation .
Everything that we possess in this life is the effect of our
previous karma or action, both mental and physical. Our
present character is the resultant of our past and our
future will be determined by our present acts. Neither god
nor Satan is responsible for our pleasure and pain,
happiness and misery. Thus, all the inequalities and
diversities of characters can be scientifically explained by
this law of karma .in the face of this universal law of karma,
there is no room for the hypothesis of predestination and
grace which is accepted by the majority of orthodox
Christians. The hypothesis of predestination and grace
teaches that god, the creator of all, settles the destiny of
man before his birth. He preordains before the birth of
each man and woman what he or she will be in future. The
whim of the creator makes one sinful or virtuous, before
the time of one's birth. But this hypothesis destroys our
moral responsibility and personal freedom. If we are all
predestined by god to be sinful or virtuous, to be happy or
unhappy, we can neither undo our destiny nor act against
the divine decree. It makes us absolute automata bound
hand and foot by the chain of slavery. Furthermore, it
makes god partial and unjust. Why should he make one
innocent creature destined to suffer and another to enjoy?
Why is it that one obtains his grace before one’s birth and
another does not?
 If a sinner be destined to sin even before his birth, why
should he be responsible for his works, and why should he
suffer for the whim of the omniscient and almighty
creator? If god be merciful to all of his creatures why
should he not make all equally good and virtuous, moral
and spiritual? These questions remain unanswered by the
theory of predestination and grace .but they do not rise in
the doctrine of karma. If we can once understand that each
individual soul reaps the results of its previous acts and
deeds then we can never advocate the theory of
predestination and grace. Every effect is measured by its
cause. A believer in the law of karma is a free agent and is
responsible for all the good and bad results of his own
actions that attend to his life. He knows that

He creates his own destiny, and moulds his character by his

thoughts and deeds. He never blames another for the
suffering and misery which come to him. He learns by
experience the true causes of events and removing the bad
or evil he performs such actions which produce good to all
as well as to himself. He who obeys the law of karma is
more moral and more virtuous than one who blindly obeys
the Ten Commandments. He stands on a more rational
ground than one who fears the punishment of god. He
shrinks from doing anything wrong, not because it is
written in a book or scripture, but because he knows THAT
every wrong action will sooner or later react upon himself
and will make him unhappy and miserable. He performs
good deeds for the reason that they will bring
good reaction in the form of happiness, peace, tranquillity
and higher enlightenment. What we call rewards or
punishments of god is nothing but the reactions of our own
mental and physical actions. The doctrine of karma denies
the arbitrary ruler and teaches that god never rewards the
virtuous nor punishes the wicked .
 NEGATIVE EFFECT OF
KARMA

MAKE POWERLESS

 bad deed done in past life bring misfortune in present

one many time difficulties arise at an unexpected
times due to unawareness regarding the action
performed in the past ,one became incapable reacting
positive and analysing the situation a person fell
powerless and unable to control the situation

LOWER DETERMINATION
 Karma makes an person inductive, when a misfortune
happens there remain an dilemma whether to scrap the
trouble or wait for karma to stop shrining it lowers
confidence and increase the incapability of making
decision people became helpless when they believe that
this situation is unchangeable
SURVEY –KARMA THE
INFINITE LOOP
QUESTIONNAIRE

YOUR NAME – PAARTHIV.R

Question agree disagree Sometimes

karma work in
different belief
system
KARMA CREATE AN
INFINITE LOOP OF
CAUSE AND EFFECT
KARMA CRATE
INFINITE LOOP IN
MYTHOLOGY AND
RELIGION TEXT
CONCEPT OF
KARMA RELATE TO
IDEA OF
REINCARNATION
IS IT POSSIBLE
BREAK FREE FROM
KARMIC CYCLE
DOES ACTION,
INTENTION, AND
CONSEQUENCE
INTERPLAY IN THE
CONCEPT OF
KARMA
KARMA CAN BE
SEEN AS A FORM
COSMIC JUSTICE OR
BALANCE
Response

The most sensible and loyal responses received

from the survey

RESPONSE 1
NAME:- KAMALESH
1. SOMETIMES
2. AGREE
3. AGREE
4. AGREE
5. SOMETIMES
6 AGREE
7. AGREE.
RESPONSE 2 NAME: - ADITYA
1. AGREE
2. SOMETIMES
3 .AGREE
4. AGREE
5. SOMETIMES
6. DISAGREE
7. AGREE

RESPONSE 3
NAME: - ARYAN
1.SOMETIMES
2. AGREE
3. DISAGREE
4. AGREE
5. AGREE
6. AGREE
7. SOMETIMES
RESPONSE 4
NAME: - MUKESH CHOUDRY
1. AGREE
2. AGREE
3. AGREE
4. AGREE
5. SOMETIMES
6. AGREE
7. AGREE

RESPONSE 5
NAME – PRAMMESH
1. AGREE
2. AGREE
3. AGREE
4. SOMETIMES
5. AGREE
6. AGREE
7. AGREE

ANALYSIS AND
INTERPRETATION REPORT
 Survey has been conducted by us to understand the
values on the karma the data has been collected from some
people between 26-29 may and we received a variety of
responses form 20 people and their responses are on brief

BODY
For 1st question karma works in different belief systems, 15
members have chosen to agree, 3 members have decided to
disagree, and 2 members chose sometimes

agree disagree sometimes none

for 2nd question karma creates an infinite loop of

cause. 17 chossed agree, 2 chose to disagree and, 1 chose
sometimes

agree diagree
sometimes none
Is it possible to break free from the karmic cycle for this
question most disagree are chosen. 18 members chose to
disagree, 2 members decided to agree

agree disagree sometimes none

Karma can be seen in the form of cosmic justice or balance

for this question the responses are equal

agree disagree sometimes none

The concept of karma relates to the idea of reincarnation for
this question 15 responses are agreed, 2 responses are
DISAGREE, and 3 more are sometimes.

agree disagree sometimes none

Do intention, action, and consequences interplay in the concept of

karma for this question 10 members agreed, 5 members disagreed,
and 5 members responded are sometimes

Sales

agree disagree sometime none

CONCLUSION

Most responses received were agreed

The least responses received were disagreed
The word karma means the force produced by a person's
actions in one life which influences what happens to that
person in future lives
 Student reflection

as a student after interviewing on the topic is karma an

infinite loop we came up with an understanding of the
value of karma i believe that by doing good deeds i will get
good results in my life and by doing bad deeds we will get
bad results in our life i believe that by doing good thing will
reduce my sin and get a good rebirth in next life