Reception in other traditions Karma

1 reception in other traditions

1.1 sikhism
1.2 shintoism
1.3 taoism
1.4 falun gong

reception in other traditions
sikhism

in sikhism, living beings described being under influence of maya s 3 qualities. present in varying mix , degrees, these 3 qualities of maya bind soul body , earth plane. above these 3 qualities eternal time. due influence of 3 modes of maya s nature, jivas (individual beings) perform activities under control , purview of eternal time. these activities called karma . underlying principle karma law brings results of actions person performing them.

this life likened field in our karma seed. harvest sow; no less, no more. infallible law of karma holds responsible person or going be. based on total sum of past karma, feel close pure being in life , others feel separated. gurbani s (sri guru granth sahib) law of karma. other indian , oriental schools of thought, gurbani accepts doctrines of karma , reincarnation facts of nature.

shintoism

interpreted musubi, view of karma recognized in shintoism means of enriching, empowering , life affirming.

taoism

karma important concept in taoism. every deed tracked deities , spirits. appropriate rewards or retribution follow karma, shadow follows person.

the karma doctrine of taoism developed in 3 stages. in first stage, causality between actions , consequences adopted, supernatural beings keeping track of s karma , assigning fate (ming). in second phase, transferability of karma ideas chinese buddhism expanded, , transfer or inheritance of karmic fate ancestors 1 s current life introduced. in third stage of karma doctrine development, ideas of rebirth based on karma added. 1 reborn either human being or animal, according belief. in third stage, additional ideas introduced; example, rituals, repentance , offerings @ taoist temples encouraged alleviate karmic burden.

falun gong

ownby (2008) claims falun gong differs buddhism in definition of term karma in taken not process of award , punishment, exclusively negative term. chinese term de or virtue reserved might otherwise termed karma in buddhism. karma understood source of suffering - buddhism might refer bad karma . li says, person has done bad things on many lifetimes, , people results in misfortune, or cultivators s karmic obstacles, there s birth, aging, sickness, , death. ordinary karma.

falun gong teaches spirit locked in cycle of rebirth, known samsara due accumulation of karma. negative, black substance accumulates in other dimensions lifetime after lifetime, doing bad deeds , thinking bad thoughts. falun gong states karma reason suffering, , blocks people truth of universe , attaining enlightenment. @ same time, karma cause of 1 s continued rebirth , suffering. li says due accumulation of karma human spirit upon death reincarnate on , on again, until karma paid off or eliminated through cultivation, or person destroyed due bad deeds has done.

ownby regards concept of karma cornerstone individual moral behaviour in falun gong, , readily traceable christian doctrine of 1 reaps 1 sows . others matthew 5:44 means no unbeliever not reap sow until judged god after death in hell. ownby says falun gong differentiated system of transmigration , though, in each organism reincarnation of previous life form, current form having been determined karmic calculation of moral qualities of previous lives lived. ownby says seeming unfairness of manifest inequities can explained, @ same time allowing space moral behaviour in spite of them. in same vein of li s monism, matter , spirit one, karma identified black substance must purged in process of cultivation.

li says human beings fell here many dimensions of universe. no longer met requirements of fa @ given levels in universe, , had drop down. have said before, heavier 1 s mortal attachments, further down 1 drops, descent continuing until 1 arrives @ state of ordinary human beings. says in eyes of higher beings, purpose of human life not merely human, awaken on earth, setting of delusion , , return. have in mind; opening door you. fail return have no choice reincarnate, continuing until amass huge amount of karma , destroyed.

ownby regards basis falun gong s apparent opposition practitioners taking medicine when ill; missing opportunity work off karma allowing illness run course (suffering depletes karma) or fight illness through cultivation. benjamin penny shares interpretation. since li believes karma primary factor causes sickness in people , penny asks: if disease comes karma , karma can eradicated through cultivation of xinxing, medicine do? li himself states not forbidding practitioners taking medicine, maintaining m doing telling people relationship between practicing cultivation , medicine-taking . li states everyday person needs take medicine when gets sick. schechter quotes falun gong student says individual choice whether 1 should take medicine or not.