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'''Karma''' [Skt.] (Tib. ''las'') literally means 'action' but it also refers to the process of cause and effect whereby positive actions result in happiness and negative, harmful actions lead to suffering. | '''Karma''' [Skt.] (Tib. ''lé''; ''las'') literally means 'action' but it also refers to the process of cause and effect whereby positive actions result in happiness and negative, harmful actions lead to suffering. | ||
[[Sogyal Rinpoche]] says: | |||
"Karma, then, is not fatalistic or predetermined. Karma means ''our'' ability to create and to change. It is creative because we ''can'' determine how and why we act. We ''can'' change." | |||
--''[[The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying]]'', p. 99 | |||
[[Category:Key Terms]] | [[Category:Key Terms]] | ||
Revision as of 16:02, 23 February 2007
Karma [Skt.] (Tib. lé; las) literally means 'action' but it also refers to the process of cause and effect whereby positive actions result in happiness and negative, harmful actions lead to suffering.
Sogyal Rinpoche says:
"Karma, then, is not fatalistic or predetermined. Karma means our ability to create and to change. It is creative because we can determine how and why we act. We can change."
--The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying, p. 99