Subscribe to our newsletter. For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. Karma is one of the more loosely used terms in the world.
People throw it around as if they know what they are talking about.
Karma is a part of the Fourth Skandha, Intentionality. Your intentions are the basis for the priorities you set. More generally, the word refers means conscious physical, mental or verbal actions, and to the natural reactions which occur as a result. Simply put, whatever we say, or do, or think, has an impact in some way. The Buddhist Law of Dependent Origination states that for every cause, there is an effect, and every effect has a cause.