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                  Home  » Resources » Glossary » Karma

                  Karma

                  Action or act, thought of as physical in Jainism. Created by mental or physical action, karma enters the soul, which then needs religious restraints and practices to make it flow out. Karma can be both:

                  • negative – deriving from harmful acts
                  • positive – arising from beneficial actions.

                  Both types of karma trap a soul in continual rebirth. A pan-Indian concept, karma has extremely complex, detailed and technical divisions and subdivisions in Jainism.

                  Synonyms:
                  Karman
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