Now, the Pali word kamma or the Sanskrit word karma (from the root kr to do) 巴利文 Kamma和梵文 Karma (从字根 Kr 做、作而来), literally means 'action', 'doing'. 其字义是「活动」、「作为」。 But in the Buddhist theory of karma it has a specific meaning: 但在佛教的「业」的理论中...
The word kriya means 'activity' or 'movement' and refers to the activity or movement of consciousness. Kriya also refers to a type of practical or preliminary practice leading to total union, the final result of practice. Kriya Yoga does not curb mental fluctuations but purposely creates activit...
karma Literally “action,” this means the moral law of cause and effect governing the future. Bad actions lead to rebirth in the lower orders of being. Good behavior leads to rebirth in the higher orders. Dictionary of Unfamiliar Words by Diagram Group Copyright © 2008 by Diagram Visual ...
But the more one knows the secret that the Yoga-Sutra describes, the less he will speak or write. Think about the ultimate goal of yoga! The ultimate goal of Yoga, according to the Yoga-Sutra, is a state calledkaivalya. The word literally means "isolation." The Upanishadic term similar ...
Karma is the universal law of cause and effect. Simply: What goes around comes around; you reap what you sow; you get what you deserve; if you give love you get love; revenge returns itself on the avenger. Literally, karma means action: good action equals good karma; bad action equals...
of one’s own life and the good of society. A word that had simply meant “action” settled into notions of good karma, bad karma, neutral karma, and so forth, and continued to develop along these lines. Even so, at this stage, despite its continuing evolution, karmic theory was still...
the word which is invariably used to translate the Sanskritamritainto Tibetan isbDud.rTsi. This breaks down into two syllables, the second of which (rTsi) is simply the common word for "juice". The first syllable (bDud) is more problematic. If taken literally, this means "demon" and it...
The word karma is the Sanskrit term for action, encompassing not only the initial action itself, but also all its consequences. Thus it is called ‘karma, cause and effect’. A seed does not cease to exist when it falls into the ground: it just disappears from sight, to develop later ...
Moral blindness leads to feelings of impunity (nitoandeaʔ pʰiep), a word that finds its root in ancient usage, meaning ‘the position of no penalty’, literally, ‘no rod’. The Sanskrit daṇḍa was a bat or cane used by the king in ancient India as an instrument of punishm...
It’s a beautiful word. It is formed from krita (कृत) meaning “cultivated.” The root jna (ज्ञा) refers to a state of consciousness. Kritajna thus means a state which is consciously created or chosen. It is the result of being fully here, the realization and ...