Karma
Cause And Effect
Brief notes on Karma. Karma is Sanskrit meaning action.
Karma is a key concept and a fundamental part of Buddhist philosophy and practice.
Karma producing actions take three forms:
1. Thought – Mind
2. Word – Speech
3. Deed – Acts
Karma itself is in four parts:
1. Hetu – Causal Acts
2. Vipaka – Ripening
3. Pratyaya – Conditions
4. Phala – Fruits
Vipakahetu – Ripening Actions
Vipakaphala – Ripening Fruit
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