On the law of Kamma I have added a section on the law of Kamma I prefer to call it Kamma pali instead of Karma sanskrit as there is a negative meaning associated with Karma Karma in the Hindu context means that ones deeds performed in previous lives are responsible for ones present conditions This is a very pernicious Hindu doctrine and has been advanced by Hindu priests to escape from the social responsibility of alleaviting a man s condition As per this doctrine all the poverty stricken destitute people in this world must have been criminals in their previous lives This can not be true The Buddhist law of kamma differs from the Hindu theory of Karma in this aspect The buddhist law of kamma states that all actions are irreversable That one can not get rid of ones sins by asking for forgiveness or taking a bath in the holy river An act once performed will leave its effect permanently on the society It is the law of kamma that explains the maintainance of moral order in the world It has nothing to do with the fortunes or misfortunes of people due to their actions in the previous birth