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Karma (, from Sanskrit: कर्म, IPA: [ˈkɐɾmɐ] ; Pali: kamma) is an ancient Indian concept that refers to 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, wherein individuals' intent and actions (cause) influence their future (effect): Good intent and good deeds contribute to good karma and happier rebirths, while bad intent and bad deeds contribute to bad karma and worse rebirths. In some scriptures, however, there is no link between rebirth and karma. Karma is often misunderstood as fate, destiny, or predetermination. Fate, destiny or predetermination has specific terminology in Sanskrit and is called Prarabdha.

The concept of karma is closely associated with the idea of rebirth in many schools of Indian religions (particularly in Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism), as well as Taoism. In these schools, karma in the present affects one's future in the current life as well as the nature and quality of future lives—one's saṃsāra. This concept has also been adopted in Western popular culture, in which the events that happen after a person's actions may be considered natural consequences of those actions.

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Karma: Nuclear Weapons

Serial: BZ-01353

One-Day Sitting

Karma, War, Politics, Karma, Building, Demons, Six Realms, Don't Know Mind,...
Aug 09 2003
Berkeley Zen Center

Karma

Serial: BZ-01351

Saturday Lecture

Karma, Karma, Conversation, Nirvana Sutra, Buddha Nature, Tassajara Zen Mountain...
Jul 26 2003
Berkeley Zen Center

Karma

Serial: BZ-01348

Revolution in Iran, Saturday Lecture

Karma, War, Karma, Karmic Consequences, zen meditation, War, Fox, Culture, training,...
Jun 28 2003
Berkeley Zen Center

Equanimity and the Eternal Moment

Serial: BZ-01346

Time and Transformation; Two Truths, Sesshin Day 4

Equanimity, Time, Two Truths, Equanimity, Attachment, Concentration, Karma, Intimacy...
Jun 21 2003
Berkeley Zen Center

June 19th, 2003, Serial No. 01344

Four Noble Truths, Liberation, training, Hindrances, Lineage, Karma, Attachment, Non-...
Jun 19 2003

June 5th, 2003, Serial No. 00292

Happiness, Gaining Mind, Karma, Concentration, Precepts, Posture, Lay, Nirvana,...
Jun 05 2003

Mindfulness and Gathas

Serial: BZ-00136A

Saturday Lecture

Mindfulness, Gathas, Anger, Mindfulness, Vow, Bell, Emotions, Karma, Addiction, Daily...
May 17 2003
Berkeley Zen Center

May 12th, 2003, Serial No. 00135, Side B

Heart Sutra, Religion, Politics, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Practice Period,...
May 12 2003

Light in Buddhism: Silent Illumination of Zen Master Hongzhi

Serial: BZ-00543

Class 5 of 7

Karma, Addiction, Anger, War, Demons, Intuition, Equanimity, Attachment, Interview,...
Mar 30 2003
5
Chapel Hill Zen Center

Light in Buddhism: Silent Illumination of Zen Master Hongzhi

Serial: BZ-00556

Class 1 of 7

Silent Illumination, Karma, Big Mind, Concentration, Instruction, Demons, Composure,...
Mar 29 2003
1
Chapel Hill Zen Center

World Peace

Serial: BZ-00133A

Anti-Iraq War/Peace March Talk, One-Day Sitting

Peace, War, Current Events, stubbornness, Forgiveness, War, Peace, Religion,...
Mar 16 2003
Berkeley Zen Center

Zendo Lecture

Bodhidharma, Ego, Repentance, Zazen, Hate, Practice Period, Faith, Karma, Delusion,...
Mar 11 2003
Tassajara

Nirvana

Serial: BZ-00132A

Saturday Lecture

Nirvana, Nirvana, Birth-and-Death, Ego, Attachment, Zazen Mind, Six Realms, Passions...
Mar 08 2003
Berkeley Zen Center

March 6th, 2003, Serial No. 00490

Four Noble Truths, Mindfulness, Cultivation, Passions, Concentration, training, Karma...
Mar 06 2003

Sesshin Lecture

Fox, Practice Period, Precepts, Teacher-and-Student, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center,...
Mar 2003
Tassajara

Joshu's "Go Wash Your Bowls"

Serial: BZ-00178A

One-Day Sitting

Joshu, Continuous Practice, Pure Existence, New Year, Aspects of Practice, Interview...
Jan 11 2003
Berkeley Zen Center

Ordinary Mind, Buddha Mind

Serial: BZ-00174A

From "Not Always So", Rohatsu Day 3

Ordinary Mind, Buddha Mind, Ordinary Mind, Composure, Karma, Buddha Mind, Monastic...
Dec 04 2002
Berkeley Zen Center

Everyday Life Is Like a Movie

Serial: BZ-00173B

The Movie and the Empty Screen, Rohatsu Day 2

Practice, Daily Life, Anger, Instruction, Posture, Emotions, Big Mind, Heart Sutra,...
Dec 03 2002
Berkeley Zen Center

Taking Care of Ourselves as Practice

Serial: BZ-00172B

Excercise and Eating--Mind, Body and Spirit Work Together, Saturday Lecture

Monastic Practice, Big Mind, Discrimination, Mindfulness, Subject-and-Object, Birth-...
Nov 30 2002
Berkeley Zen Center

November 14th, 2002, Serial No. 00460

Aspects of Practice, Oneness, Separation, Duality, Gratitude, Chanting, Birth-and-...
Nov 14 2002

Consciousness in Buddhist Practice

Serial: BZ-00171A

Lecture

Big Mind, Interdependence, Subject-and-Object, Anger, Karma, Lay, Heart Sutra,...
Nov 09 2002
Berkeley Zen Center

Not Always So Class

Karma, Suzuki Roshi, Offering, Anger, Teacher-and-Student, Demons, Continuous...
Oct 30 2002
Tassajara

The Process of Peace

Peace, Freedom, Attachment, Five Ranks, Zazen, Delusion, Offering, Zendo, Karma,...
Oct 26 2002
City Center

October 10th, 2002, Serial No. 00458

Karma, Silence, Evil, Ordination, Peace, Equanimity, Enemies, confusion, Nirvana, Vow...
Oct 10 2002

September 26th, 2002, Serial No. 00456

Cultivation, Happiness, Equanimity, Attachment, Intimacy, confusion, Karma,...
Sep 26 2002

Suramgama Sutra

Serial: BZ-00478

Class 4 of 4

Demons, Cultivation, Karma, Attachment, confusion, Precepts, Skandas, Greed,...
Sep 12 2002
4
Berkeley Zen Center

August 22nd, 2002, Serial No. 00481

Don't Know Mind, Buddha Mind, Blue Cliff Record, Manjushri, Birth-and-Death,...
Aug 22 2002

Vasubandhu

Serial: SF-04016

Summer intensive

Separation, Karma, Delusion, Silence, Discrimination, Emptiness, Peace, Daily Life,...
Jul 29 2002
City Center

Vasubandhu

Serial: SF-04005

Summer intensive

Emotions, Separation, Karma, Lineage, Delusion, Don't Know Mind, Hate, Greed,...
Jul 28 2002
City Center

Vasubandhu

Serial: SF-04028

Summer intensive

Separation, Emotions, Daily Life, Letting Go, confusion, true dharma, Buddha...
Jul 26 2002
City Center

Vasubandhu

Serial: SF-04018

Summer intensive

Delusion, Letting Go, Emptiness, Zazen, Separation, New Year, Karma, Discrimination,...
Jul 22 2002
City Center

Vasubandhu

Serial: SF-03954

Summer intensive

Separation, Emotions, Six Realms, Hate, Soto Zen, Instruction, Karma, Duality, Daily...
Jul 21 2002
City Center

Two Approaches to God: Prophet and Mystic

Serial: NC-01071

Community Retreat Spring 2002

OSB Cam, History of religion, Thomas Aquinas, Meister Eckhart, Bonaventure, Apophatic, Prophetic,...
Apr 2002
2 of 5 (#4 not recorded)
New Camaldoli Hermitage

March 21st, 2002, Serial No. 00469

Karma, Birth-and-Death, Attachment, Six Realms, Precepts, Renewal, Nirvana,...
Mar 21 2002

Cultivating the Ground

Serial: BZ-00141B

Comentary on Suzuki Roshi Lecture, Sesshin Day 2

Emptiness, Silence, Buddha Nature, causation, Big Mind, Ego, Karma, Attachment,...
Mar 16 2002
Berkeley Zen Center

March 14th, 2002, Serial No. 00468

Four Noble Truths, Ego, Heart Sutra, Karmic Consequences, Nirvana, Karma, Attachment...
Mar 14 2002

Genzo-e

true dharma, Transmission, Nirvana, Karma, Ceremony, Monastic Practice, Fox, Passions...
Mar 09 2002
1

January 19th, 2002, Serial No. 00061, Side A

Enemies, Hate, Evil, Non-violence, Religion, Separation, Karma, Birth-and-Death,...
Jan 19 2002

December 2nd, 2001, Serial No. 00097, Side A

Buddha Mind, Dragons, Posture, Emotions, Instruction, Concentration, Karma, Big Mind...
Dec 02 2001

Pros and Cons of Religion

Serial: BZ-00096

Saturday Lecture

Religion, Religion, Evil, Dream World, Diversity, Karma, Discrimination, Bodhisattva...
Dec 01 2001
Berkeley Zen Center

Dogen and Plum Blossoms

Serial: BZ-00094A

Saturday Lecture

Dogen, Buddha Nature, Big Mind, Dragons, Priest-and-Lay, Buddha Ancestors,...
Nov 03 2001
Berkeley Zen Center

Sunday Lecture

Suzuki Roshi, Ceremony, Impermanence, Enemies, Funeral, Heart Sutra, Faith, Bell,...
Oct 28 2001
Green Gulch

Mumonkan: Case #35

Serial: BZ-00093B

Saturday Lecture

MM-35, Buddha Nature, Buddha Mind, Separation, Rinzai, Karma, Lay, Samsara,...
Oct 27 2001
Berkeley Zen Center

The Events of September 11, 2001

Serial: BZ-00091

What To Do, Saturday Lecture

Current Events, Greed, Patience, Aspects of Practice, Karma, Practice Period,...
Sep 22 2001
Berkeley Zen Center

Yogacara 100 Dharmas:

Serial: BZ-00089B

Dharmas of Form, Sesshin Day 3

Yogachara, Discrimination, Skandas, Heart Sutra, Ego, Building, Intuition, Duality,...
Sep 03 2001
Berkeley Zen Center

Yogacara Dharmas

Serial: BZ-00088B

Four Unfixed Dharmas, Sesshin Day 1

Yogachara, Birth-and-Death, Precious Mirror, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Study Period,...
Sep 01 2001
Berkeley Zen Center

August 4th, 2001, Serial No. 00087, Side B

Beginners, Culture, Bell, Aspects of Practice, resistance, Daily Life, Posture, Anger...
Aug 04 2001

Ten Beneficial Dharmas

Serial: BZ-00084A

Saturday Lecture

Anger, Karma, Doubt, Greed, Equanimity, Renunciation, Nirvana, Buddha Nature, Sixth...
Jul 21 2001
Berkeley Zen Center

Totally Grounded

Serial: BZ-00106A

Sesshin Day 4

First Principle, Samadhi, Hate, Teacher-and-Student, Patience, Anger, Karma, Demons...
Jun 23 2001
Berkeley Zen Center

June 9th, 2001, Serial No. 00103, Side B

Buddha Nature, Intuition, Culture, Don't Know Mind, Karma, Buddha's...
Jun 09 2001

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