Action driven by intention which leads to future consequences
For the use of this term in other Indian religions, see Karma.
Translations of karma
English
karma
Sanskrit
कर्मन् (IAST: karman)
Pali
𑀓𑀫𑁆𑀫 (kamma)
Bengali
কর্ম (kôrmô)
Burmese
ကံ (MLCTS: kàɰ̃)
Chinese
業 or 业 (Pinyin: yè)
Japanese
業 or ごう (Rōmaji: gou)
Khmer
កម្ម (UNGEGN: kâmm; ALA-LC: kamm; IPA:[kam])
Korean
업 or 業 (RR: uhb)
Sinhala
කර්ම (karma)
Tibetan
ལས། (Wylie: las; THL: lé;)
Tagalog
kalma
Thai
กรรม (RTGS: gam)
Vietnamese
Nghiệp
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Karma (Sanskrit, also karman, 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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