Karma
If there exists one common, underlying principle connecting Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism, three of the major religious traditions of the East, that unifying principle would have to be the law of karma. Though each tradition understands the law of karma differently, the basic foundation for the law remains intact throughout all three of these religious traditions: the consequences of an action, good or bad, will affect the performer of the action at some point in the future. From its mysterious origins in Vedic Indian literature, to its permeating of all aspects of modern Eastern society, the law of karma is indeed an important key in better understanding the essence of the three aforementioned traditions in the context of one another. Perhaps the way to best examine the fundamental nature of this common principle, in order to understand fully its breadth of sig
a clear doctrine of any kind had at this point been established. Once again, however, within the confines of a study of its doctrinal implications, it is only important to realize that the law of karma is currently a pervading moral and religious force throughout Eastern society, and that its moral basis is embedded in the ritualistic traditions of late Brahmanic and early Upanishadic Hindu Vedic literature. Neufeldt, Ronald W. (Ed.). Karma and Rebirth: Post Classical Developments. Albany, New York: State University of New York Press, 1986. Chapple, Christopher. Karma and Creativity. Albany, New York: State University of New York Press, 1986. was action: one indeed becomes good by good action, bad by bad [action]" (qtd. in Tull 28). There are various other passages in the Brhadaranyaka Upanishad attributed to Yajnavalkya relating to the doctrine of karma, but that which has already bee
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