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= Karma =
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'''Karma''' is action and its consequences, often understood as moral causality shaping experience, rebirth, or spiritual development.
'''Karma''' is a concept or ideal used in the comparative study of religion, theology, and philosophy of religion. On Wikitheism, it is treated as part of '''ethics, virtues, and ideals''': moral and spiritual ideals used to compare religious ethics, virtues, duties, and forms of character.


== Related pages ==
== Overview ==
 
This page is a neutral starter article. It is meant to help editors compare how different traditions understand, practice, criticize, or reinterpret the idea of '''Karma'''. The meaning of the term may vary across traditions, languages, historical periods, and schools of interpretation.
 
== In philosophy of religion ==
 
In philosophy of religion, concepts such as '''Karma''' can be studied through questions about meaning, truth, practice, value, experience, community, and ultimate reality. Some traditions treat such concepts as doctrines, while others treat them as symbols, disciplines, ethical ideals, ritual patterns, or interpretive categories.
 
== Associated traditions and worldviews ==
 
The following traditions and worldviews are good starting points for connecting this concept to Wikitheism articles:
 
<div style="-moz-column-count:3; -webkit-column-count:3; column-count:3;">
* [[Hinduism]]
* [[Buddhism]]
* [[Jainism]]
* [[Sikhism]]
* [[Theosophy]]
* [[New Age spirituality]]
* [[Falun Gong]]
* [[Bon]]
* [[Brahma Kumaris]]
* [[Osho movement]]
* [[Soka Gakkai]]
</div>
 
== Related concepts ==
 
* [[Virtue]]
* [[Justice]]
* [[Compassion]]
* [[Moral law]]
* [[Goodness]]
* [[Evil]]
* [[Sin]]
* [[Vice]]
 
== See also ==


* [[Religion]]
* [[Theism]]
* [[Philosophy of religion]]
* [[Philosophy of religion]]
* [[Religious concepts and ideals]]
* [[Religious concepts and ideals]]
* [[Concepts and ideals by tradition]]
* [[Concepts and ideals by tradition]]


[[Category:Religious concepts]]
[[Category:Religious concepts and ideals]]
[[Category:Philosophy of religion]]
[[Category:Philosophy of religion]]
[[Category:Ethics, virtues, and ideals]]



Latest revision as of 20:59, 22 May 2026

Karma
Type Concept / ideal
Field Philosophy of religion
Category

Karma is a concept or ideal used in the comparative study of religion, theology, and philosophy of religion. On Wikitheism, it is treated as part of ethics, virtues, and ideals: moral and spiritual ideals used to compare religious ethics, virtues, duties, and forms of character.

Overview

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This page is a neutral starter article. It is meant to help editors compare how different traditions understand, practice, criticize, or reinterpret the idea of Karma. The meaning of the term may vary across traditions, languages, historical periods, and schools of interpretation.

In philosophy of religion

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In philosophy of religion, concepts such as Karma can be studied through questions about meaning, truth, practice, value, experience, community, and ultimate reality. Some traditions treat such concepts as doctrines, while others treat them as symbols, disciplines, ethical ideals, ritual patterns, or interpretive categories.

Associated traditions and worldviews

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The following traditions and worldviews are good starting points for connecting this concept to Wikitheism articles:

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See also

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