concept

Karma

Beliefs & concepts · Traditions

Action and its consequence in Indian and Buddhist teaching. Not a casual synonym for luck, fate, or moral scorekeeping in every culture.

Buddhist traditions

  • Karma appears in Buddhist traditions.

    Watson’s Lotus Sūtra attests karma as action and its consequence in Buddhist teaching, including expedient explanation. Mahāyāna speech, not a casual synonym for luck, fate, or moral scorekeeping in every culture.

    from Burton Watson (translation) · The Lotus Sutra, 1993 (this translation); Sanskrit/Chinese recensions much older

    appears in · sourced · documented

sources

  • The Lotus Sutra · Burton Watson (translation)

    Burton Watson, The Lotus Sutra.