Karma in Buddhism

Translations of
karma
Englishkarma
Sanskritकर्मन्
(IAST: karman)
Pali𑀓𑀫𑁆𑀫​
(kamma)
Bengaliকর্ম
(kôrmô)
Burmese‹See Tfd›ကံ
(MLCTS: kàɰ̃)
Chinese業 or 业
(Pinyin: )
Japanese業 or ごう
(Rōmaji: gou)
Khmerកម្ម
(UNGEGN: kâmm; ALA-LC: kamm; IPA: [kam])
Korean업 or 業
(RR: uhb)
Sinhalaකර්ම
(karma)
Tibetanལས།
(Wylie: las;
THL: lé;
)
Tagalogkalma
Thaiกรรม
(RTGS: gam)
VietnameseNghiệp
Glossary of Buddhism

Karma (Sanskrit: कर्म, Pāli: kamma) is a Sanskrit term that literally means "action" or "doing". In the Buddhist tradition, karma refers to action driven by intention (cetanā) which leads to future consequences. Those intentions are considered to be the determining factor in the kind of rebirth in samsara, the cycle of rebirth.


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