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Karma (Action and Its Fruit)
Every weighted deed bears fruit for the doer — the moral law that turns the wheel of rebirth.
Karma means 'action,' and as a doctrine it is the moral law that every weighted deed bears fruit for the one who does it — if not now, then later, even in a future life. It is not blind fate but a kind of cosmic accounting of cause and effect in the moral realm: our present condition reflects past action, and present action shapes what comes. Karma is the engine that keeps the round of rebirth turning until it is finally exhausted in liberation.
How it traveled
- Bhagavad-gītāKuru-Pañcāla region · -150explains
- Yoga-sūtraKāśī (Varanasi) · 375explains
- UpadeśasāhasrīKālaḍi (Kaladi) · 710explains
- Aṣṭāvakra-gītāKāśī (Varanasi) · 1450explains
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Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 4,4.6↗explains
Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad · Vedic Revelation (śruti)
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Vivekacūḍāmaṇi 7↗challenges
Vivekacūḍāmaṇi · Śaṅkara (traditionally ascribed; authorship doubted)
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Vivekacūḍāmaṇi 451↗explains
Vivekacūḍāmaṇi · Śaṅkara (traditionally ascribed; authorship doubted)
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