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Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2011 5:59 pm
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Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2011 8:10 pm
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Sanguina Cruenta Vice Captain
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Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2011 8:15 pm
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X-Yami-no-Ko-X Morgandria 3) What you think of as karma may not be. Karma does not directly respond to our actions - it neither rewards nor punishes. Eastern religions that involve karma also involved dharma, and understand the two concepts as inseparable. A person may be a genocidal maniac - and if that is his dharma within their current lifetime, their karma will reflect that they are pursuing the correct action their dharma has indicated. In effect, following one's dharma is correct, a natural law and order, and is moral - whether or not we percieve it to be from outside that individual. Western new-age thinking has separated karma from dharma, and effectively watered the concept down to a 'like earns like' - 'do unto others' sort of concept, likely in response to leaving heavily-dogmatic varieties of Judeo-Christian religions. Karma does not directly respond to our actions - it neither rewards nor punishes. So question since I'm kinda confused. If someone is acting against their dharma then they are acting their karma? Using the example of the genocidal manic that you used. Killing would be said person's dharma but if they were to go against that and do something kind for someone or even save a life then that would be said person acting out karma?
Karma is like a weight that pulls you down the ladder of reincarnation, or the ladder to nirvana or whatever. You accrue karma when you act counter to your dharma.
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Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2011 8:22 pm
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Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2011 8:35 pm
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Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2011 8:46 pm
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Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2011 2:48 pm
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