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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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T'hrinlay Wangmo consciously used this experience as a vehicle to exhaust her own previous negative karma.
Those states in which the results of karma are perceived or enjoyed are in fact the states of darkness, characterized by ignorance.
Worst case scenario, I come back with a cold and am still left with the daunting task of undoing all my bad karma with good karma.
The concepts of karma, gunas, parama-atman and jiva-atman in Sanatana Dharma are unique and extraordinary.
Scott called himself an atheist, but he believed in a type of karma, leftover, puritanical guilt from a strict, Protestant upbringing.
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.

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