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 A term, derived from the Sanskrit 'deed', which describes a fundamental concept in Hinduism and Buddhism that thoughts and deeds determine the consequences of one's life and rebirth.
Karma may therefore be described as the law of consequences. Karma is regarded as the fruits of action in a previous lifetime which determines the conditions of a life in a subsequent incarnation.
Karma can be either good or bad, with relative consequences, and is generally viewed as inescapable, though various techniques of meditation and chanting exist to try to relieve it.Another way to describe karma is by the word, "action." The idea is that every action or thought determines a reaction. For instance, attitude toward someone (or something) is, consciously or not, reflected back, the other person having the tendency to behave exactly according to our feeling towards him/her. Karma is also thought to be the accumulation of our past actions. These past actions (triggering actions) are causes which determine other actions (triggered reactions) in exact accordance with the charge of the corresponding past actions.
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