Comparing Karma In Hinduism, Jainism, And Buddhism

Karma is a central concept of many eastern hemisphere religions, or beliefs depending on how one defines religion, that provides a portion of the foundation for each belief. Hinduism, Jainism, and Buddhism all have a basic concept of karma, however, how the perceive it within each belief varies slightly from one to another. In general karma is known as the destiny, or fate, as a direct causation from how a person lived their life. This general concept is just a ground foundation point to which each of the following beliefs grows their roots from to form their ideas. Karma is the Hinduist concept which explains the fate of a person through a system. A system where advantageous effects result from generous, or positive actions in one’s past; and harmful motives or actions from a person’s past create effects one does not desire, or a life more disparaging than the previous. This forever creates a system …show more content…
These eight types of karma can be classified under two main headings of karma. The ghatiya karmas, or harming karmas, are those that affect the attributes of the soul; and the aghatiya karmas, or non-harming karmas, are accountable for the reborn soul's physical and mental conditions. Ghatiya karmas are those that affect the knowledge, and perception of the soul while deluding and obstructing the soul from reaching full potential. Aghatiya karmas more directly affect the outside attributes and overall condition of the body itself by altering the body’s lifespan, status, feeling, and overall type of body occupied by the soul. It is only through the vigilance of good karma, and exhaustion of the aghatiya karmas that the soul reaches moksha, or liberation from the cycle of rebirth. Jains have an innate ability to take the basic concept of karma in Hinduism, and take it to the next level of thinking, this is unlike the concept of karma in