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What does karma mean?

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Noun
  1. (Buddhism) The sum total of a person's actions, which determine the person's next incarnation in samsara, the cycle of death and rebirth.
  2. A force or law of nature which causes one to reap what one sows; destiny; fate.
  3. (uncommon) A distinctive feeling, aura, or atmosphere.
  4. (Internet) A score assigned to a user of a discussion forum, indicating the popularity of their posts with other users.
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Scott called himself an atheist, but he believed in a type of karma, leftover, puritanical guilt from a strict, Protestant upbringing.
Those states in which the results of karma are perceived or enjoyed are in fact the states of darkness, characterized by ignorance.
As he says, In the standard Hindu view one's birth in a particular caste is determined by one's karma in a previous life.
The sin sheep eat the soul grass, and the souls work off bad karma in the sheep's unspeakably putrid intestinal track.
They were dogs that had not the karma of household pets, or strays at the pound, but that of the seekers of ecumenical truth.
And if you understand karma, you know that if people don't get it back in this world, they're going to get it back in the next world.

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