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What is the meaning of Karma (Kamma)?
A
Good actions have good consequences and bad actions have bad consequences
B
Bad things happen to good people
C
Good things happen to bad people
D
Your actions only have an impact on you but noone else
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Karma (Sanskrit, also karman, Pāli: kamma) is a Sanskrit term that literally means “action” or “doing". In the Buddhist tradition, karma refers to action driven by intention (cetanā) which leads to future consequences.

Detailed explanation-2: -often capitalized : the force generated by a person’s actions held in Hinduism and Buddhism to perpetuate transmigration and in its ethical consequences to determine the nature of the person’s next existence. Each individual is born with karma, the residual from past lives that must be resolved … Diane Goldner.

Detailed explanation-3: -Evil actions, like killing, stealing, lying and so on, are bad karmas and will lead to rebirth in an unpleasant human situation or in hell. Good actions, on the other hand, such as generosity (especially giving to Buddhist monks), makes merit and leads to good rebirth in a pleasant human situation or in heaven.

Detailed explanation-4: -Karma (literally “action”) is a teaching on the consequences of actions: every action that a human being performs will leave an “imprint” or have its consequences.

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