Karma in Buddhism
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For the use of this term in other Indian religions, see Karma.
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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Translations of karma | |
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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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