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It seems that there are various interpretations of karma. Dogen, founder of the Soto Zen school, taught that karma can be experienced in this same life. I swear
by muraiki 12y ago
It seems that there are various interpretations of karma. Dogen, founder of the Soto Zen school, taught that karma can be experienced in this same life. I swear I've read far earlier sources discuss karma in a manner outside of rebirth in samsara, but I can't find those sources at this time.
- peri 12y agoI can't help you on the religious origins of this, but the concept got introduced to me by a game by this dude named Richard Garfield in the early 90s. If I recall correctly, the term that that dude and a bunch of other WotC folks used was "mana". It took a while before I learned that it was apparently a term in hawaiian slang, but it usually seems appropriate, especially when you're discussing this with folks old enough to remember alpha, beta, and unlimited Magic: the Gathering.