karma (karma)

(Language: Sanskrit)

Alternate Spellings: karman, kamma (Pali)

Short Description: action; the effects of past actions; the law of cause and effect (“as a man sows, so shall he reap”)

Long Description: action; the effects of past actions; the law of cause and effect (“as a man sows, so shall he reap”); of three kinds: (1) sanchita karma: actions of the past that have yet to bear fruit in the present life; (2) prārabdha karma: actions of the past that bear fruit in the present life; and (3) āgāmi karma :actions of the present that have still, by the law of cause and effect, to bear fruit in the future.

Sources: Lamp of Non-Dual Knowledge, Cream of Liberation Translated by Swami Sri Ramanananda Saraswathi