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This is a very superficial interpretation of the idea of karma. What you're describing is just someone rationalizing being a judgmental asshole. Karma is about
by nkohari 13y ago
This is a very superficial interpretation of the idea of karma. What you're describing is just someone rationalizing being a judgmental asshole.
Karma is about "paying it forward", not in an attempt to gain the favor of the universe, but because it is the morally correct thing to do.
If you believe in karma, you believe that the machinations of the universe will reward and punish justly, but you don't participate in the process directly. Individuals don't get to meter out "karmic retribution" to people they perceive to be unworthy.
- 6d0debc071 13y agoWhile I don't think that the author of the piece meant it this way: If I believe in Karma, arguably I believe that the best thing I can do is to fulfil my station in life as I aspire to break the cycle of rebirth. It's definitely worth remembering that Karma existed in a society that did have, and still does in some ways, a very strong caste system where the good of the society was often seen as a consequence of everyone doing their assigned role. Notably, in the Bhagavad Gita, one of the arguments that Krishna uses to convince Arjuna that he should fight against his own family is because it will fulfil his verdic duties - in this instance his station in life as a warrior.