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Origin & Development of Karma Doctrine in Hinduism

By Jayaram V

The purpose of this essay is to explain some of the earliest Vedic beliefs and concepts associated with the doctrine of karma and how they developed into our current knowledge of the law of karma in Hinduism.

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Initiation

An autobiography that connects the twentieth century European life of internationally beloved teacher Elisabeth Haich and her lucid memories of initiation into the hidden mystical teachings of the priesthood in ancient Egypt.

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Elisabeth Haich
2000
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Our Human Potential: The Unassailable Path of Love, Compassion, and Meditation

When His Holiness the Dalai Lama gave a series of lectures at Harvard University, they fulfilled magnificently his intention of providing an in-depth introduction to Buddhist theory and practice.

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The Dalai Lama
2019
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Karma

Karma has become a household word in the modern world, where it is associated with the belief in rebirth determined by one’s deeds in earlier lives. This belief was and is widespread in the Indian subcontinent as is the word “karma” itself.

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Johannes Bronkhorst
2011
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Happiness in Your Life—Book One: Karma

Karma is a word often thought to mean a curse on people who do bad things, or a comfort to people who do good things and are yet to see any reward. Karma, however, is not a punishment and reward system. It is instead, based on understanding.

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Doe Zantamata
2012
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Karmic Relationships 4-6: Laws of Karma

Rudolf Steiner continues his extraordinary series of lectures on karma with these three theoretical offerings. The first invites us to reconceive the entire notion of causality, which differs substantially across the kingdoms of nature.

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Rudolf Steiner
2018
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Crystals for Karmic Healing: Transform Your Future by Releasing Your Past

As direct geometrical expressions of the Divine, crystals have the ability to work upon the soul at the deepest levels.

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Nicholas Pearson
2017
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The Power of Karma: How to Understand Your Past and Shape Your Future

Karma is the powerful ancient law of cosmic cause and effect; your actions in past lifetimes can determine what happens to you ... today! Simply put; What goes around comes around. But you do have the power to control your destiny, no matter what your past karma.

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Mary T. Browne
2003
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How Karma Works: The Twelve Links of Dependent-Arising

We all want to find happiness and be free from suffering. Happiness comes from positive mental states and actions, and suffering from the opposite.

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Geshe Sonam Rinchen
2006
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The Future Is Open: Good Karma, Bad Karma, and Beyond Karma

Karma has become a popular term in the West, often connected with somewhat naive or deterministic ideas of rebirth and reincarnation or equated with views of morality and guilt. Chögyam Trungpa unpacks this intriguing but misunderstood topic.

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Chögyam Trungpa
2018
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Good Karma: How to Create the Causes of Happiness and Avoid the Causes of Suffering

Lojong, or “mind-training,” is a practice that has gained astonishing popularly in recent years—because it works in transforming hearts and minds.

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Thubten Chodron
2016
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